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Thread ID: 84052	2007-10-22 18:15:00	Dial up - Phone rings, computer boots up !	Digby (677)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
604372	2007-10-22 18:15:00	Hi Guys I have a friend on dial up. Sometimes when their PC is turned off, if th ephone rings the computer boots up ! Any ideas / suggestions ? Regards Digby	Digby (677)
604373	2007-10-22 18:20:00	Hi Guys I have a friend on dial up. Sometimes when their PC is turned off, if th ephone rings the computer boots up ! Any ideas / suggestions ? BIOS setting - wake on modem. Set it to disable. BIOS is the Basic Input Output System. It's the first screen you get when you boot up the computer - usually you have to press the delete key while it is checking memory etc - but it will say on that first screen which key to press. If you keep missing it, just press control/alt/delete (which will force a reboot - and do it before the OS0 starts to load) until you can read which key to press - then press it as that first screen comes up. Then you'll enter BIOS. Only the keyboard will work in BIOS - so navigate through the menus with the arrow keys and select with the "Enter" key.	Deane F (8204)
604374	2007-10-22 18:22:00	Have a look in the BIOS settings screen. There's usually something in the Power Management area which allows you to enable/disable wake-up on LAN or serial, etc.	MushHead (10626)
604375	2007-10-22 20:18:00	Great ! Thanks guys I am familiar with editing the BIOS, but I did not know there would be such a setting ! Regards Digby	Digby (677)
604376	2007-10-23 04:17:00	It's terrible when the computer does exactly what it has been told to do, isn't it? Scary. :D	Graham L (2)
604377	2007-10-23 04:54:00	It's terrible when the computer does exactly what it has been told to do, isn't it? Scary. :D It is very scary when it suddenly starts obeying orders after ignoring them all it's life :badpc: I've been there before with wake on LAN.	Greven (91)
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