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What in the BIOS makes a computer keep turning back on after being shut down?
It does it with and without any drive connected. That’s why I’m trying to figure out what in BIOS could control this
 

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@cash


Hard to answer without knowing the make/model of your computer, especially your motherboard.
We can't look up your BIOS settings without knowing what motherboard you have.

And for laptops... there's only a 50/50 chance of being able to look up your BIOS settings.

This is why we ask folks to fill out their system specs.
When the question isn't just a Windows question... we need to know what hardware you have. :-)


All that aside... there's no BIOS setting I know of that will turn a computer ON, after it's been "shut down".
There are BIOS settings that will wake a computer from "sleep" though.



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You may have a bad power switch.




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This is a setting in MY BIOS....

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It's usually set to [Power ON].
So IF you are not shutting the computer down... properly, the BIOS may see that as a power loss, and therefore turn the computer back on.


The proper way to shut down a computer is like this...

Image1.png



Or if there is no Windows drive... then (for a desktop), hold the power button down for four seconds.
Unplugging, or just turning off the power supply, will be interpreted as a "power loss".



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System One System Two

  • OS
    Win 11 Home ♦♦♦22631.4169 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 4702)
    Memory
    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3011 30"
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
    WD 4TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    WD 8TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    DRW-24B1ST CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower
    Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
    Keyboard
    Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-100
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox (latest)
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Internet Security
    Other Info
    Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
  • Operating System
    Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® (not in use)
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
    Memory
    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    up to 2048 x 1536
    Hard Drives
    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
    Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA
    Lite-On LTR-52246S CD/RW
    Lite-On LH-18A1P CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
    Cooling
    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox 3.x ??
    Antivirus
    Symantec (Norton)
    Other Info
    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
Thanks for that. I’ll show you speccy.
It is an asus prime b360m-a
It’s definitely not a windows issue. You can simply just plug the computer in and it will start turning on and off on it’s own. You don’t have to press the oower button. And then the power button doesn’t even respond to you pressing it at times, to start or shut it down. It’s very bizarre. Always worked fine since 2018. I thought it was the psu, but am seemingly wrong because the computer has power.
You can get windkws booting, running a bit, then suddenly it will turn into a shut down screen and it’s off. Lately it’s staying off but the past three days it’s been looping on and off on it’s own.

This would show you exactly if you watch it IMG_9546.MOV
 

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That america megatrends screen used to show up before i got it booting into windows again. Was a second perfectly functioning drive. There’s speccy, just tell me if you want something else
 

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The shutdown problem happens with no drive attached as well. No damage was done to the power psu wire at all
 

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This did start a few days and runs after an air conditioner overworked a fuse and shut it off. The computer was running when it got shut off by the ac but was in a power bar surge protector. And the ac is in a plug of it’s own. Two days after that it ran fine, then pretty much seven days after that, this started
 

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its not impossible that i could have changed something in bios that lead to this so that’s why I’m wondering if something would cause it from a bios setting. But I didn’t have this issue right after that, that was about two weeks ago. The ac was one. and i tried to reset bios to default. Don’t really see an option to when in advanced bios, just the easy use bios
 

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I was just changing between uefi and legacy. Don’t think I changed anything with cmos
 

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If there’s any section of bios you’d want me to take a picture of, just tell me
 

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Before all this bs, the computer did turn itsef on when on hibernate or sleep for no reason at all, the odd time, over the last 3 years.
But it never shut itself off and kept rebooting like this
 

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@cash

The F7 key will switch the BIOS to the Advanced view.


Going off this pic... press F1 to enter the BIOS.
Once in the BIOS... hit F10 to save and exit.
See if that solves the problem.

Sometimes, during a power failure or an improper shutdown, the BIOS gets glitched.
Just entering the BIOS and hitting F10 to save and exit, usually fixes any BIOS glitch.


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I don't know why it's talking about RAID and Optane.
Unless the computer was setup that way when you bought it?




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If the problem still exists, try this.

Go into the BIOS, and on the "Exit" tab click on Load Optimized defaults... then hit F10 to save and exit.





TIP: On the "Tools" tab in the BIOS, you should be able to "Save" your current BIOS settings to a profile.
You should always do this "before" changing settings in the BIOS.
That way, if you mess something up, you can just reload the profile you made earlier.
 
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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win 11 Home ♦♦♦22631.4169 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 4702)
    Memory
    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3011 30"
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
    WD 4TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    WD 8TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    DRW-24B1ST CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower
    Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
    Keyboard
    Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-100
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox (latest)
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Internet Security
    Other Info
    Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
  • Operating System
    Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® (not in use)
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
    Memory
    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    up to 2048 x 1536
    Hard Drives
    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
    Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA
    Lite-On LTR-52246S CD/RW
    Lite-On LH-18A1P CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
    Cooling
    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox 3.x ??
    Antivirus
    Symantec (Norton)
    Other Info
    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
Are you saying that if you select shutdown then the computer shuts down and restarts again by itself?

One time when I tried to shut down the computer it crashed and automatically restarted itself. The shutdown > restart cycle continued until I stopped it. If it was going to crash on shutdown I wanted it to not keep restarting and just stop after a crash. To do that I did the following:

Shutdown_restart.jpg
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
    Memory
    Crucial DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 32GB (2 x 16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
    Sound Card
    n/a
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6-inch
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 300Hz
    Hard Drives
    2 x Samsung 980 (1TB M.2 NVME SSD)
    PSU
    n/a
    Mouse
    Wireless Mouse M510
    Internet Speed
    2000Mbps/300Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    ASUS PRIME X370-PRO
    Memory
    G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S23A300B (23-in LED)
    Screen Resolution
    1080p 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    2TB XPG SX8200 Pro (M2. PCIe SSD) || 2TB Intel 660P (M2. PCIe SSD) ||
    PSU
    Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
    Case
    Cooler Master MasterCase 5
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 AIO water cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech K350 (wireless)
    Keyboard
    Logitech M510 (wireless)
    Internet Speed
    2000 Mbps down / 300 Mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge, Chrome
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes (Premium)
    Other Info
    ASUS Blu-ray Burner BW-16D1HT (SATA) || Western Digital Elements 12TB USB 3.0 external hard drive used with Acronis True Image backup software || HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 Printer/Scanner
@MisterEd

First post, 2nd sentence.

BUT... when the drive(s) are connected... that's the first thing I would check.
I "always" uncheck the auto restart box.
Whoever thought that up... should be shot. :D





@cash

That check box does NOT affect the BIOS in any way. It's just a Windows thing.


The initials CMOS are referring to the BIOS chip itself.
The initials BIOS refer to the programming IN the chip.
So they are pretty much the same thing for all intents and purposes.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win 11 Home ♦♦♦22631.4169 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 4702)
    Memory
    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3011 30"
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
    WD 4TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    WD 8TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    DRW-24B1ST CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower
    Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
    Keyboard
    Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-100
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox (latest)
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Internet Security
    Other Info
    Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
  • Operating System
    Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® (not in use)
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
    Memory
    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    up to 2048 x 1536
    Hard Drives
    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
    Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA
    Lite-On LTR-52246S CD/RW
    Lite-On LH-18A1P CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
    Cooling
    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox 3.x ??
    Antivirus
    Symantec (Norton)
    Other Info
    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
Ghot said:
@cash

The F7 key will switch the BIOS to the Advanced view.


Going off this pic... press F1 to enter the BIOS.
Once in the BIOS... hit F10 to save and exit.
See if that solves the problem.

Sometimes, during a power failure or an improper shutdown, the BIOS gets glitched.
Just entering the BIOS and hitting F10 to save and exit, usually fixes any BIOS glitch.


View attachment 101250


I don't know why it's talking about RAID and Optane.
Unless the computer was setup that way when you bought it?




=========================================================


If the problem still exists, try this.

Go into the BIOS, and on the "Exit" tab click on Load Optimized defaults... then hit F10 to save and exit.





TIP: On the "Tools" tab in the BIOS, you should be able to "Save" your current BIOS settings to a profile.
You should always do this "before" changing settings in the BIOS.
That way, if you mess something up, you can just reload the profile you made earlier.
Click to expand...
Th computer wasn’t setup for RAID. I built it. Don’t know what lead it to this. But i did have to change something in the motherboard to legacy to be able to detect my drive. Now that I did default, the dribe is not displaying in BIOS and starting the pc just brings you to BIOS. I’m trying to find where I always chose legacy but am having an issue finding it right now.
 

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I should just follow this to find it. But to help you, this is what was set back when choosing default l they’re both different E2C46C95-AD99-439D-913A-E312411E172E.jpeg221D786C-6FC7-49F8-8205-A53A44BF410A.jpeg
 

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cash said:
Th computer wasn’t setup for RAID. I built it. Don’t know what lead it to this. But i did have to change something in the motherboard to legacy to be able to detect my drive. Now that I did default, the dribe is not displaying in BIOS and starting the pc just brings you to BIOS. I’m trying to find where I always chose legacy but am having an issue finding it right now.
Click to expand...


Ok... here's how things work.

A GPT disk needs a UEFI BIOS or it won't boot.
An MBR disk, needs a legacy BIOS or it won't boot.

Don't worry about anything else, until you get the disk to match the BIOS.
It won't boot no matter what you do, unless it matches.
GPT disk and UEFI Bios
MBR disk and Legacy BIOS.


If you remember how your Disk Management looked... a GPT disk will an EFI System partition.
An MBR disk won't have an EFI System partition.

We kind of need to know if your disk is GPT or MBR.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win 11 Home ♦♦♦22631.4169 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 4702)
    Memory
    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3011 30"
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
    WD 4TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    WD 8TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
    DRW-24B1ST CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower
    Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
    Keyboard
    Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-100
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox (latest)
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Internet Security
    Other Info
    Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
  • Operating System
    Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built by Ghot® (not in use)
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
    Memory
    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    up to 2048 x 1536
    Hard Drives
    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
    Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA
    Lite-On LTR-52246S CD/RW
    Lite-On LH-18A1P CD/DVD Burner
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V
    Case
    Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
    Cooling
    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
    Internet Speed
    300/300
    Browser
    Firefox 3.x ??
    Antivirus
    Symantec (Norton)
    Other Info
    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
Yeah they’re MBR. I’m just trying to find my legacy section
 

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