Sometimes there’s an errant program or hardware driver that causes an abort and returns the computer back to the desktop. It’s also possible that your computer isn’t shutting down or going to sleep in the first place. Perhaps it’s worn down over the years and is making contact when it shouldn’t. However, sometimes the issue is caused by rare or just plain weird issues.įor example, it’s possible that there’s something wrong with the power button on your computer. There are many reasons why a computer might turn itself on or wake from sleep and the ones we’ve listed above are some of the more common ones. While you’re looking around the guts of your computer and it happens to have such buttons, make sure nothing could potentially be pressing against them Rare and Random Causes These are there to make bench-testing before chassis installation easier. Some motherboards have backup power and reset buttons on the motherboard itself. It can’t hurt, since a surge protector is a good investment either way. It may be worth having a power surge protector between your computer and the wall outlet as well, we’ve heard stories of unruly mains power causing strange behavior with computer power states, although haven’t seen them first hand.
