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H97m Pro4 randomly turns on.

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Topic: H97m Pro4 randomly turns on.

Posted By: ToNaPaiTech
Subject: H97m Pro4 randomly turns on.
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 6:58am

I have gone through UEFI and shut off all Wake, Smart is off, Dehumidifier function is off, but system still randomly will start itself up. Built two weeks ago. Any Ideas?

Specs:

MB: ASRock H97M Pro4

CPU: i7-4790

Cooler: Arctic 11i

Mem: Crucial Sport 1600 (8Gbx2)

Vid Card: ASUS Strix GTX 970

PSU: Corsair CX600M (Not a fan)

SSD: Crucial EX 240Gb

HDD: WD Blue 1TB

Case: Xigmatek cheap case for now.

Replies:

Posted By: mapamop
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 5:36am

Disable Smart connect support in BIOS and leave RTC alarm at "By OS" value - at OFF value system still powers on at every 2 hours. Disable in Windows power management "Allow wake timers" to completely prevent random wake ups.