Ever Happen to You???

Goldifinger · 08-14-2006, 05:15 PM

I was watching TV when the monitor on the computer lit up and proceeded to go into shutdown mode. It didn't actually shut down on it's own. It's like when you restart your computer, when have to do it manually. Anyone have an idea what happened?

**dragon2309** · 08-14-2006, 05:25 PM

Need more info than that.... OS...?? where you watching TV on your PC or on a TV etc.. more details please

codeman0013 · 08-14-2006, 05:57 PM

yea we need more info program you were using if you were watching tv on there ect...

Goldifinger · 08-14-2006, 06:16 PM

I was watching TV when I noticed out of the corner of my eye- the monitor on the computer came on. It was already in hibernation mode when this happened. I didn't make any sudden noise or movements that would bring it out of hibernation. Somehow the computer monitor came on and wanted to shut itself down because the icon "turn off computer" came on a few moments later . It couldn't shut off or restart by itself since it had to be done manually.

Any ideas???

Redbull{wings} · 08-14-2006, 06:29 PM

my moms computer does that when the monitor is black it will randomly come on, it happens during the screen saver too we always ignored it...

lee101 · 08-14-2006, 07:39 PM

maybe it has a time set to shutdown, or restart at a specific time, is there anything similar between the time this happens, e.g. same time every day, exactly xx hours after it was last used?

RoveWolf · 08-15-2006, 09:42 AM

I'm sure that it would be automatic if set like this but are you sure you havent got the power saving settings set up within the properties? I'm pretty sure there is one for hard drive shutdown after x amount of hours or something. It's within the screensaver options I think, when you right click on the desktop and go to properties. Might be on a different tab other than screensavers but it's somewhere around there. Check them (wild guess but better to be safe than sorry).

But indeed, noticed any patterns in time? I.e. after x amount of minutes/hours of being idle, same time every day etc?

Ku-sama · 08-15-2006, 09:43 AM

maybe its a virus at worst... but id go with it has an auto wakeup

RoveWolf · 08-15-2006, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ku-sama

maybe its a virus at worst... but id go with it has an auto wakeup

I thought that too, but the virus I had that done this had a timer (50 seconds I think), and it never brought up the shutdown . log off prompt, it just done it automatically. But good point.

What Anti Virus are you using? Updated? Tried scanning?

Goldifinger · 08-15-2006, 05:57 PM

I use Mcaffee as a virus scanning program. I was alarmed at what had happened since it has happened before a couple times. It almost seemed like someone was trying to hijack it. Of course I'm certainly no expert but it was an very odd occurance and I thought I'd bring it up. Perhaps It's nothing to worry about............

08-14-2006, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Goldifinger New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Ever Happen to You??? I was watching TV when the monitor on the computer lit up and proceeded to go into shutdown mode. It didn't actually shut down on it's own. It's like when you restart your computer, when have to do it manually. Anyone have an idea what happened?

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lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	maybe it has a time set to shutdown, or restart at a specific time, is there anything similar between the time this happens, e.g. same time every day, exactly xx hours after it was last used? __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

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codeman0013 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inside my network at work Age: 23 Posts: 1,468	yea we need more info program you were using if you were watching tv on there ect...

08-14-2006, 06:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Goldifinger New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	I was watching TV when I noticed out of the corner of my eye- the monitor on the computer came on. It was already in hibernation mode when this happened. I didn't make any sudden noise or movements that would bring it out of hibernation. Somehow the computer monitor came on and wanted to shut itself down because the icon "turn off computer" came on a few moments later . It couldn't shut off or restart by itself since it had to be done manually. Any ideas???

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Redbull{wings} Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Behind you! Posts: 1,003	my moms computer does that when the monitor is black it will randomly come on, it happens during the screen saver too we always ignored it...

08-15-2006, 09:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
RoveWolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,257	I'm sure that it would be automatic if set like this but are you sure you havent got the power saving settings set up within the properties? I'm pretty sure there is one for hard drive shutdown after x amount of hours or something. It's within the screensaver options I think, when you right click on the desktop and go to properties. Might be on a different tab other than screensavers but it's somewhere around there. Check them (wild guess but better to be safe than sorry). But indeed, noticed any patterns in time? I.e. after x amount of minutes/hours of being idle, same time every day etc?

08-15-2006, 09:43 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	maybe its a virus at worst... but id go with it has an auto wakeup

08-15-2006, 05:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
Goldifinger New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	I use Mcaffee as a virus scanning program. I was alarmed at what had happened since it has happened before a couple times. It almost seemed like someone was trying to hijack it. Of course I'm certainly no expert but it was an very odd occurance and I thought I'd bring it up. Perhaps It's nothing to worry about............