re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at 8:11 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Leif (11 messages posted) Thanks everybody for the responses..... I reinstalled the keyboard... the problem sems to happen less....but the problem is still there.... and about the reformating and reinstalling windows....I did it once...and it got rid of the problem...if I would of known what coused the problem in the first place I would of never removed stuff from the back of my computer again....I checked the KB power up options in the BIOS...but they were disabled....so I'm not left with many more options.... one more reason I have to switch to linux.... thanks again ... On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:38 pm, C K wrote: >See my reply in this thread: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1066231149 > >Additionally make sure the keyboard isn't set to power up the computer in the BIOS. > Disconnect the KB and see what happens. We are seeing this problem more and more >in the forum so it has been interesting to find out what people find. There is an >outside chance that the KB controller could be doing this so make sure the power >up by the KB is disabled in the BIOS as well as all other powerup options. If it >is a bad KB controller, it means replacing the motherboard. This is why it is important >to pull the plug from the wall or turn off the switch on the powersupply (if so equipped >and leave it plugged in which keeps the system grounded) and wait for about 1 minute >to drain power from the PS and motherboard before disconnecting any peripheral from >the motherboard. I have observed KB controllers destroyed by less.. Do you have >a PS2 connection KB or a USB? Post back on what happens.. Reformatting and reinstalling >XP won't fix this. It's a problem on the hardware side. C K > > Written in response to: re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (C K: Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:38 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (Leif: Sun, Oct 19, 2003, 11:47 pm) re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (Mike: Mon, Oct 20, 2003, 1:13 am) re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (Leif: Mon, Oct 20, 2003, 11:07 am) re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (Tom Myboy: Mon, Oct 20, 2003, 1:48 pm) re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (C K: Mon, Oct 20, 2003, 7:38 pm) re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down (Leif: Tue, Oct 21, 2003, 8:11 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum