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New Virus - Computer Bios Resets Automatically
Rick:
--- Quote from: Rick on June 07, 2015, 08:11:49 am ---
--- Quote from: Sundavor on June 05, 2015, 08:22:42 pm ---in your bios under the power management do you have it set for s1 and s3? I usually only use s3. Try setting it to s3 only in the bios and start your computer up and put it in sleep mode and hit the space bar after it goes to sleep to see if it turns back on. and let me know the results.
Edit:
sorry forgot to put that in for you.
this will show all the devices on your system that support waking it up on S3 sleep state
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_s3_supported
this will show all the devices on your system that support waking it up on S1 sleep state
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_s1_supported
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thank you for your replies;
however, been using this system 4 years or more already, have Plug N play setup in bios. I suspect, its a new virus that is related to resetting system bios so it is easier to hack into systems...
Please refer to event log when it started.
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Rick:
--- Quote from: Rick on June 07, 2015, 08:27:04 am ---
--- Quote from: Rick on June 07, 2015, 08:11:49 am ---
--- Quote from: Sundavor on June 05, 2015, 08:22:42 pm ---in your bios under the power management do you have it set for s1 and s3? I usually only use s3. Try setting it to s3 only in the bios and start your computer up and put it in sleep mode and hit the space bar after it goes to sleep to see if it turns back on. and let me know the results.
Edit:
sorry forgot to put that in for you.
this will show all the devices on your system that support waking it up on S3 sleep state
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_s3_supported
this will show all the devices on your system that support waking it up on S1 sleep state
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_s1_supported
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thank you for your replies;
however, been using this system 4 years or more already, have Plug N play setup in bios. I suspect, its a new virus that is related to resetting system bios so it is easier to hack into systems...
Images attached;
Please refer to event log as to when it started.
Please refer to your command quote;
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Samson:
--- Quote from: Rick on June 07, 2015, 08:11:49 am ---thank you for your replies;
however, been using this system 4 years or more already, have Plug N play setup in bios. I suspect, its a new virus that is related to resetting system bios so it is easier to hack into systems...
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Huh? According to your ammended first post, now that you have replaced the CMOS battery, the BIOS is "not resetting anymore".
--- Quote from: Rick on May 21, 2015, 02:30:26 am ---
replaced the battery; sometimes it still won't come out of sleep mode without a hard reset, at least the bios don't reset anymore.
but why MSFT dont alarm me or catch the event?
Ideas?
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Kernel power events suggest either a driver problem or a failing PSU.
Julian:
I agree with Samson. Maybe drivers or a dying cpu.
Here is a useful program I use for drivers http://m.download.cnet.com/Driver-Booster-2/3000-18513_4-75992725.html
And hw monitor
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Edit: hw monitor for watching power levels but an actual meter is better :wink: http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16899261023
Rick:
--- Quote from: Samson on June 07, 2015, 11:12:34 am ---
--- Quote from: Rick on June 07, 2015, 08:11:49 am ---thank you for your replies;
however, been using this system 4 years or more already, have Plug N play setup in bios. I suspect, its a new virus that is related to resetting system bios so it is easier to hack into systems...
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Huh? According to your ammended first post, now that you have replaced the CMOS battery, the BIOS is "not resetting anymore".
It happened again, better to say, it happened again
--- Quote from: Rick on May 21, 2015, 02:30:26 am ---
replaced the battery; sometimes it still won't come out of sleep mode without a hard reset, at least the bios don't reset anymore.
but why MSFT dont alarm me or catch the event?
Ideas?
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Kernel power events suggest either a driver problem or a failing PSU.
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