Hello all!!
Before i describe the issue which I am having, I will provide my specs. Please note that the OS is Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, which was a clean install last Saturday once the build was completed.
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K
Cooler: Corsair H100i
GPU: ASUS GTX 780 DCII
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x8GB 1866 Mhz
Case: Corsair Air 540
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro (Boot Drive)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Data Drive)
PSU: Corsair AX760
Just in case, I have the following peripherals:
Keyboard: Corsair K70 (Connected to USB 2.0 ports on motherboard)
Mouse: Corsair M65 (Connected to USB 2.0 ports on motherboard)
Monitors: 2 x Asus VS248H-P
Now for the issue itself. As the title says, I am getting Ghost start-ups. It has happened from both sleep and power-off states. Strangely, this seems to happen more so during the late evening - early morning hours. My first thought was that either wake on LAN was enabled or some scheduled task was going off. I had disabled the wake on LAN from the Broadcom Wi-fi module as well as the Intel Ethernet connector, and I quickly went through my scheduled tasks and I disabled any task which I believed could have caused an issue. I then went to the advance power settings in the power options and disabled "Allow wake Timers" under the 'Sleep' tab.
Unfortunately, the only time which I was able to catch my computer doing one of these ghost start-ups was last night, just after midnight. This was shortly (approximately 20 minutes) after shutting down the computer. I was able to go into the Task Scheduler and see what tasks had started within the past hour. I have taken a screenshot of this and it should be attached in this post. All other times this has happened I have either been sleeping and I would wake up to see it on, or I would come home to see that it's on.
I am unsure of what to do or try next, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out!
Thanks in advance!!
Lana:Asus Maximus VI Formula | Intel Core i7 4770K | Corsair H100i
ASUS GTX 780 DCII | Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x8GB 1866 Mhz | Corsair Air 540
Samsung 840 Pro | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair AX760