A user complained to the community: Every time he changes his clothes in his room, his computer starts up. The community is amused about it, but a solution is also in sight.
Sometimes the beloved gaming PC can cause some chaos. A user could only play on his gaming PC after he had found a hidden error.
Another user now has a particularly crazy problem. Because every time he changes his clothes, his computer starts up as well.
A change of clothes causes the computer to suddenly start up
What exactly happened? A user had uploaded a small video on reddit. Here you can see him waving a piece of clothing in front of his PC. And suddenly the computer starts up as if by magic. The user himself writes that the PC turns on every time he changes clothes. You can watch the short video directly on reddit:
In a reply to a user, he adds (via reddit.com):
I also thought it was the mouse, so months ago I disabled mouse waking.
Half the time I don’t move as fast as in the video, but regularly put on pajamas, about three feet [vom PC] away.
Is there a solution? Meanwhile, some have also suggested a solution to the problem. He should start his PC and enter “powercfg -lastwake” in the command prompt. Here he can then see what has woken up his computer again.
Here he should then switch off all functions that wake up his computer. This includes things like a simple mouse movement or that the computer wants to boot up for an update.
It can also be worth turning off the gaming PC properly if you don’t need your device at all or prefer to play on another device:
5 reasons why you should turn off your computer at night
What exactly is it? A user explains in more detail where the problem is. And it’s not the gaming mouse that many think is the suspect, it’s the keyboard. Because the user uses a rubber dome keyboard (via reddit.com):
On rubber dome keyboards, beneath each key is a pair of exposed conductive traces on the circuit board that are very close together and are designed to maximize the contact area between these two conductive traces and the carbon-coated rubber when the key is pressed. Mechanical keyboards have two metal plates close together somewhere in the switch.
By creating static electricity and then causing the charges to move (on the charged material), you induce voltage and current in the circuits around them, and particularly in the keyboard pads, which now effectively function as a capacitor.
If the current flows fast enough, the microcontroller will recognize this as a button press.
Other users also have similar problems with their PC
How is the community reacting? At first she was amused by the funny video. The thread has now received more than 40,000 upvotes on reddit and more than 3,000 comments.
A user writes with a wink (via reddit.com):
When you change, you become naked. So it gets turned on [turned on].
Others also explain that he should look for another room to change. That would solve the problem the quickest. However, it is interesting that there are also many other users who have similar problems with their computers:
More gaming PC tips: Are you wondering whether you should really switch off your gaming PC? MeinMMO explains to you what is behind it when you simply switch off the entire power strip:
Can it hurt if I turn off the power strip on the PC?