Did your system time reset recently? I've seen that happen when the ACPI setting gets set to a default value in the BIOS.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:59 AM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 12/18/2014 10:01 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > Twice now I have observed after shutting down my desktop the machine > > > appears to shut down (light off, fan stopped), yet the 'Num' light on > the > > > keyboard is on and the mouse light is still on. The first time this > > > happened I started the machine in the usual way, and I believe it > behaved > > > normally. The second time this happened I interrupted power to the > box. > > > When the power was restored the lights remained off. > > > > > > I am assuming that this observation indicates the USB power remained on > > > after shutdown. If it happens again I will check the USB power. > > > > > > Any comments on this observation, and possible explanations? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Denis > > > > Is there possibly a BIOS setting that keeps USB power on for external > > devices or changing, such as on some laptops? If this is intermittent, > > there may be a motherboard problem (leaky caps?) or power supply issue > > on the 5V rail. > > > > > > -Ed > > > > It is intermittent, as I have seen it only twice after daily shutdowns. The > PS is only 3 months old. The MB is 5 1/2 years old, so it could be a > warning of disasters yet to come. > > -Denis > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Tony Thayer 503-333-7577 http://www.tonythayer.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
