If it is waking, and there is no activity evident, such as disk scan, defrag, NAV etc.attempting to dial up etc. It may be something is bumping or vibrating the desk, and the mouse is waking it? Go to Mouse properties power mangement in device manager and disable 'allow device to bring computer out of standby' and see if that helps. Just an idea. My cat bats the mouse and wakes up mine.
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Dell Community Forum. Try turning off the power management features in the bios.
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Here is how you do it:
Entering the System Setup Program
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
When F2 = Setup appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press F2.
If you wait too long and the operating system begins to load into memory, let the system complete the load operation. Then restart the computer and try again.
Once you are in the System Bios: "Dell Dimension 8200 ."
Changing the Power Management Features:
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Auto Power On.
Use the -/+ keys, to change this option to Disabled.
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Remote Wake Up.
Use the -/+ keys, to change this option to OFF.
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight AC Power Recovery.
Uset the -/+ keys, to change this option to OFF.
Press Esc to exit system setup
Press Enter to 'Save Changes And Exit'
System will reboot
Thanks you so much ,, your message sounds like you know your stuff so am giving you top score before following directions, if have anything other than outstanding success, will call you back. xoxox cherryfield
rickmktg
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Do you have a home network? Is the LAN waking the machine up?
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November 26th, 2002 19:00
If it is waking, and there is no activity evident, such as disk scan, defrag, NAV etc.attempting to dial up etc. It may be something is bumping or vibrating the desk, and the mouse is waking it? Go to Mouse properties power mangement in device manager and disable 'allow device to bring computer out of standby' and see if that helps. Just an idea. My cat bats the mouse and wakes up mine.
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November 27th, 2002 17:00
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
Try turning off the power management features in the bios.
---------------------------------------------------------
Here is how you do it:
Entering the System Setup Program
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
When F2 = Setup appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press F2.
If you wait too long and the operating system begins to load into memory, let the system complete the load operation. Then restart the computer and try again.
Once you are in the System Bios: "Dell Dimension 8200 ."
Changing the Power Management Features:
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Auto Power On.
Use the -/+ keys, to change this option to Disabled.
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Remote Wake Up.
Use the -/+ keys, to change this option to OFF.
Use the Down Arrow key to highlight AC Power Recovery.
Uset the -/+ keys, to change this option to OFF.
Press Esc to exit system setup
Press Enter to 'Save Changes And Exit'
System will reboot
cherryfieldisme
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December 2nd, 2002 00:00
Dell_karell,
Thanks you so much ,, your message sounds like you know your stuff so am giving you top score before following directions, if have anything other than outstanding success, will call you back. xoxox cherryfield
cherryfieldisme
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December 2nd, 2002 00:00
cherryfieldisme
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December 2nd, 2002 00:00
Tom
Thanks for idea about mouse movement. ain't got no cat (wishing for one) and it will happen right before my eyes,, 5 min or so afte chutting down.
cherryfield