My PC turns on by itself during the night (SOLVED)

Anonymous
2020-02-12T09:32:14+00:00

I've seen similar questions already posted, but I had to ask since they're kinda outdated.

In the evening I'd put my PC to hibernation. Browser and XAMPP are on. And around 3:15-3:45 at night it would turn on by itself (and wake me up). Not every night, but often. I turned of Wake on LAN (at least I think so) as suggested on other threads, but it still turns on. It's most probably network related, for last two nights I've put it on hibernation and unplugged the network cable and it didn't turn on.

I think this started with 1909 update, but I couldn't be 100% certain, I didn't use hibernation much until a month ago.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I've found a bunch of possible solutions on different forums, check my reply below. It worked for me.

Specs:

OS: Windows 10 Pro 1909

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 340

RAM: 4GB

GPU: ASUS R5 230 series

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Sleep and Power on, off

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  1. DaveM121 936.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-12T09:42:22+00:00

    Hi Milutin

    You are correct, this problem is most always caused by the 'Wake on LAN' setting, can you please check that again . . .

    Open Device Manager (accessible by right clicking your Start Button

    Expand the Network Adapters section

    Make sure to select the correct Network Adapter, then right click that and choose Properties

    Choose the Power Management Tab f the resulting dialog

    Turn off all three options on that tab

    Then, click the Advanced Tab

    Scroll down in the Property box and select 'Wake on Magic Packet' and ensure that it is disabled in the Value list box then click OK

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-12T09:55:50+00:00

    Ok, so this time I've unchecked "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" in Power Management (others were already unchecked) and in Advanced "Wake on Magic Packet" and "Wake on magic packet when syst..." (rest is covered) were already at Disabled from my previous attempts, so I've disabled the "Wake on pattern match" also. I'll test this combination for two nights and I'll come back to give you an update.

    If someone else has a different idea, feel free to post it.

    Thanks, Dave!

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  3. DaveM121 936.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-12T09:59:35+00:00

    Hi Milutin

    Okay, please let me know how you get on . . .

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-13T15:54:12+00:00

    I'm sad to say that it didn't work... :(

    I'm attaching to this reply a screenshot of my network adapter's advanced settings. Only now I've realized there's an option on the list called "Shutdown Wake-On-Lan", which I've disabled now and we'll see what happens tonight.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-16T19:16:49+00:00

    Hi Milutin

    You are correct, this problem is most always caused by the 'Wake on LAN' setting, can you please check that again . . .

    Open Device Manager (accessible by right clicking your Start Button

    Expand the Network Adapters section

    Make sure to select the correct Network Adapter, then right click that and choose Properties

    Choose the Power Management Tab f the resulting dialog

    Turn off all three options on that tab

    Then, click the Advanced Tab

    Scroll down in the Property box and select 'Wake on Magic Packet' and ensure that it is disabled in the Value list box then click OK

    Sadly, it didn't work...

    Question is still open

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