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  • john.o
    PCHF Member
    • Oct 2019
    • 3

    #1

    PC keeps turning on by itself

    Hello, my PC keeps turning on by itself from sleep mode, even when it is turned off sometimes.
    Iโ€™ve made some research online, Iโ€™ve tried a couple of things but still I canโ€™t find any solution.
    When I run command prompt and type โ€œpowercfg -lastwakeโ€ I get this result:
    Type: Device
    Instance Path: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_145F&SUBSYS_87471043&REV_00\4&239 2abc8&0&0339
    Friendly Name: AMD USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)

    I searched that through device manager but there is not a power managment tab.

    Any idea how I can deal with that?

    PS. In case I am posting on the wrong section, please move my thread.
  • Bruce
    PCHF Moderator
    • Oct 2017
    • 10702

    #2
    Sounds like your USB ports are the cause.
    From an elevated command prompt, type powercfg -h off
    That should disable them from waking the pc up.
    Wouldnโ€™t hurt the also go into BIOS and disable wake in lab as well.

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    • john.o
      PCHF Member
      • Oct 2019
      • 3

      #3
      Originally posted by Bruce
      Sounds like your USB ports are the cause.
      From an elevated command prompt, type powercfg -h off
      That should disable them from waking the pc up.
      Wouldnโ€™t hurt the also go into BIOS and disable wake in lab as well.
      If I do that, will I still be able to wake it up intentionally from my keyboard/mouse?

      Also, can you be more specific about the BIOS part?

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      • Bruce
        PCHF Moderator
        • Oct 2017
        • 10702

        #4
        Yes, mouse and keyboard will still wake it from sleep.

        getting into BIOS changes per pc but usually itโ€™s by hitting F2 or F10 or Esc or Del as the pc starts.
        Once in, there will be a power management section and itโ€™s usually called WOL (wake on LAN) but again, they all vary slightly son look around.

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        • phillpower2
          PCHF Administrator
          • Sep 2016
          • 15209

          #5
          Any update john.o?

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          • john.o
            PCHF Member
            • Oct 2019
            • 3

            #6
            Unfortunately it didntโ€™t work.

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            • phillpower2
              PCHF Administrator
              • Sep 2016
              • 15209

              #7
              @ Bruce

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              • phillpower2
                PCHF Administrator
                • Sep 2016
                • 15209

                #8
                Lets see if I am able to help;

                Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

                To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

                In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

                In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

                Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.

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                • phillpower2
                  PCHF Administrator
                  • Sep 2016
                  • 15209

                  #9
                  Any update john.o?

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                  • phillpower2
                    PCHF Administrator
                    • Sep 2016
                    • 15209

                    #10
                    Thread closed due to lack of feedback from the OP.

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