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I just built a new desktop but for some reason my computer keeps turning on by itself at random times. Everytime i turn off the computer and i come back later it is on sleep mode. (because it turned on and went to sleep). I know its not somebody pressing the power button because i saw the computer turn on by itself in front of me. Also it is sporadic, sometimes it turns itself back on after 10 mins sometimes 30 sometimes takes hours. I've checked all my bios settings and turned off Wake-up Lan settings and such, don't have any scheduled defragment or updates, so i can't figure out the problem?? The only thing it can be is faulty case or motherboard. But i bought a Rosewill Thor V2 (case) and Asus z87 Pro (mobo) which are pretty decent products. I was wondering if anyone had problems with faulty power switch with this mobo or case. Or if anyone knows what setting might be turning my computer on for no reason. Thanks!
 
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Hey i just built my PC with the Z87-PRO. it has happen to me also. I notice its a problem with actually the Asus AlSuite III. When i got my board installed it was operating perfectly fine. Then the next day I install the softwares on the CD ROM included. After that after shutdown the computer would just boot up randomly. I checked everything to make sure it wasn't being wakening by a wake on lan, controller, task sch. After all that i just restored the system to the point in time where the Asus Alsuite III wasn't install and it works fine now. im going to go only and download the upadted AlSuite III from there to see what results i get.

P.s Is anyone having Wifi problems with the board for online games, there is always frequent lag...
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Click the power icon in the bottom right of Windows. Select More Power Options, then choose "What the Power buttons do" and make sure they are set as you wanted them. You sound like your in Sleep mode because someone presses the powerbutton then wakes up when one of the software elements (Antivirus, Adobe, Chrome, whatever) needs to do something (update, get patches, check the drive, etc.) so it will wake up the computer to do the takss.

Remember alot of tasks get pushed to off times so they can be done then get in the way of the user experiance during the normal operatiosn.
 
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I've checked that power option to and its on shutdown. I know its not on sleep mode because on my case it has LEDs that blink when the computer is on sleep. Also it says Shutting down when i press the shutdown button. I do know updates, and patches do happen but i never had a problem of the computer turning itself on to do those updates. Also it doesn't even update when it turns on because i haven't logged on to the computer yet.
 
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Actually it can download them without you logging in FYI. otherwise sounds like you are shorting your board and causing it to restart since you check the Windows setting. Might take the board out on a wood board, have just video, hdd, cpu, memory and run it that way, See if it repeats, that might be a short then only in the case somewhere, else it is the PSU causing it.
 
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okok i see its probably a hardware problem then? thank you
 
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Hello all,

I've been having a similar problem on a brand new z87 pro. I have also suspicions that this is due to the wifi antenna as limited testing that I have done seems to do away with the problem.

Can anyone else confirm this?

Q.
 
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I've got the same motherboard as you and the exact same problem. I tried updating my BIOS, changing power options in Windows but it makes no difference. It sounds like we should all try contacting ASUS for an answer.
 
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Agreed! Seems to be a serious issue...

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Hey i just built my PC with the Z87-PRO. it has happen to me also. I notice its a problem with actually the Asus AlSuite III. When i got my board installed it was operating perfectly fine. Then the next day I install the softwares on the CD ROM included. After that after shutdown the computer would just boot up randomly. I checked everything to make sure it wasn't being wakening by a wake on lan, controller, task sch. After all that i just restored the system to the point in time where the Asus Alsuite III wasn't install and it works fine now. im going to go only and download the upadted AlSuite III from there to see what results i get.

P.s Is anyone having Wifi problems with the board for online games, there is always frequent lag spikes ( like over 600 for a duration).
 
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I too am experiencing the issue with my Asus Z87 mobo. Is everyone that is encountering the problem using Windows 7, or is the problem occurring with those using Windows 8 as well? I wonder what the fix is?
 
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sorry i haven't checked my threads in a while. I contacted asus and they don't know what to do either. Did you fix the problem by deleting the AI Suite??
 
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Hi all,

I just finished my build with the same MB and same problem. I was on the phone with ASUS for an hour. No idea on their end. I completed the BIOS update from 1007 to 1405 thinkiing maybe......but no. I was able to get my clock going again with the jumper but it still turns on randomly. I just ordered a new replacement board hoping that would be the fix but after reading this there are too many of us with this problem. I'm going to remove the wifi and run an ethernet cable. (Better of anyway) Wifi was a great plus for me at least. I could just power down my power strip after shutdown.

Not sure if I should even change the board now.........
 
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I uninstalled all of the software that Asus packs in that bunch, didn't do anything for me. Still getting random reboots. Tried re-installing the Asus suite... and now I can't (downloading the newest edition from their site and everything)
 
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hmmm I had the rebooting problem for about a month and after i uninstalled the programs it stopped rebooting. Im no computer expert so all i can tell you is i uninstalled Wifi go and some other wifi program by going to uninstall program on the control panel.
Maybe you might have to uninstall the whole ai suite 3 to re install it back? that would be my only opinion
 
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Yea ive contacted asus 2 or 3 times and they don't know what the problem is either. But I did uninstall the wifi go and wifi related programs on AI Suite 3 that solved my problem. Hope it helps!
 
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I just did that over the weekend and you are right, it no longer happens. I went to Ethernet instead. No more random start ups. Thanks for your input. Must be something with the WiFi. Maybe an update in the software will cure it.
 
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Hey guys, I know I'm a bit late to reply but I think the issue is the whole WiFi go's wake on LAN feature. Try finding a feature called ErP Ready (can't remember where it is) and turn that on. It should fix it.
 
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I am running on the P8z77 pro board and can confirm that I am having the random power up. It seems to be taking place around 902 PM every other night or so. I can see it in the event logs but cannot determine what is triggering the start up. I will explore the solution posted by huze5 above and update my findings.
 
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