Vista - Vista Home Premium 64bit Problem

For some reason, the laptop I just bought (Gateway FX P-7805u) will not remain shutdown if the Ethernet cable is still plugged in, and will turn itself back on. Sometimes it's immediately after shutdown, sometimes it's a few minutes later. I am actually pressing shutdown (not the "low power" option button, that looks very similar to the shutdown icon, located next to the Lock button in the Start Menu).


Any suggestions?

Hello Barium, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Double check with your network adapter's Power Management properties in Device Manager to make sure that the "Allow to wake computer" option is not checked. You can see more about this in STEP SIX of the tutorial below to help with this if needed.

Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I checked, and no, it was not enabled (although I cycled it on and off for good measure). And to be on the safe side, I determined the Modem was allowed to wake the computer, which I disabled in the rare ocurence of somehow those circuits somehow correlating to one-another on the motherboard. I'll reply again tomorrow if the situation has improved or not.


Thanks for the help, especially where to find the power management options in the Device Manager (I kept looking for it under the general power management of the computer ><)

Ok Barium711. I'll be here if you need further help.

nope, still manages to start itself on it's own

Ok. Double check eash item at the link below to see if it can help you determine what else may be waking the computer up for you.

Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems

omg that did it, thank you so much

(I found the Wake From Shutdown under the advanced properties)

You're welcome Barium. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.