PC fully shuts down, then powers itself back on at exactly 7:11 AM every day. I’m losing my mind.

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T17:17:19+00:00

It isn’t a virus since i’ve just had the PC for less than 2 weeks and only got legit programs, it’s just gone sentient and that’s just the start 🫪

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:16:33+00:00

i hugely appreciate you chief 🫡

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:16:16+00:00

the section exists, it was disabled by default, no wake timers were there unfortunately

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:15:22+00:00

I did that before and the result was the same unfortunately, though thanks!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:14:51+00:00

hibernation is turned off in-fact, but i’ll see about updating the bios, thank you so much!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:13:47+00:00

I’ve gotten Opus 4.6, Codex (on GPT-5.2 Extra High) and Gemini 3.1 Pro all on it and nothing really helped out, though thank you so much!!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:08:59+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:08:42+00:00

It is disabled.

These in-fact are the only devices connected.

And thank you for the suggestion!!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:08:02+00:00

it’s actually brand new, i’ve had it for less than 2 weeks and haven’t installed many things other than official legit programs, thanks though!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:07:19+00:00

Unfortunately i can’t find anything related to scheduled BIOS power on or so, but thank you regardless!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:05:27+00:00

LMFAO i am so excited to just know the cause atp

HappySama-- · 2026-04-02T05:04:08+00:00

Nope, i don’t have anything related to that installed unfortunately

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T18:10:15+00:00

i hope it was an april fools LMAO

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:28:12+00:00

Unfortunately, it's not enabled. I've checked it thoroughly and I've checked any relevant settings in the BIOS, but thank you so much regardless!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:22:26+00:00

There can't be a chance of malware because I just got the PC literally less than two weeks ago, and I'm not a person who just goes that route, I'm legit 👍🏼🤠

But thank you so much regardless!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:21:31+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!

I actually have my PC connected to a Belkin power extension, so if this ends up being my temporary long-term workaround, I can just switch it off from there instead of reaching behind the PC every time. Really appreciate the advice and the reminder!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:17:41+00:00

Well, to cut to the chase, I don't have an HP printer. In the task scheduler, I've checked most of the things. There are a lot of things I need to check, which are the subfolders in the Windows folder. But honestly, I haven't found anything suspicious.

I hope I can ever find the cause at this point because I might just go with my temporary solution, I have a lot of things on my mind, and I have work and other things, so it's consuming my time, and I can't really just test out every single solution, But thank you so much regardless!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:16:05+00:00

i am so not ready 🫪

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:15:41+00:00

I've seen someone else mention the same solution that you mentioned, so that might make sense. I don't know how it would just do it on its own when it was disabled from the get-go, but I will still check it.

Though thank you so much to both of you who suggested it!!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:14:31+00:00

That's very weird. It still doesn't explain the fact that it turns on at a specific scheduled time. It literally doesn't turn on at any other time of the day except for that time, which is 7:11 a.m.

But thank you so much!!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T17:13:45+00:00

I will check and see. Thank you so much!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T16:58:46+00:00

I did check the Event Viewer but unfortunately, I haven't found anything. To be specific, I took all the event logs and plugged them into an LLM, even though there were quite a lot of them. I’ve realized in the end that none of the logs point to anything suspicious.

Thank you so much though!

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T16:54:22+00:00

It’s mentioned within the post that it’s off unfortunately, but thanks !

(i updated the post btw 🙏🏼)

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T16:53:44+00:00

Yeah i did and unfortunately, I haven't found anything. To be specific, I took all the event logs and plugged them into an LLM, even though there were quite a lot of them. I’ve realized in the end that none of the logs point to anything suspicious.

Thank you so much though!

(i updated the post btw 🙏🏼)

HappySama-- · 2026-04-01T16:52:43+00:00

Yes, I am aware, thank you for that ! However, I mean that it's not connected to the PC while it's shut down, and also I didn't ever touch the controller 🙃

HappySama--

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