PC Shutdown Issue

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Hi,

I have an issue when I’m shutting my PC down. if I turn my monitors off before it finishes shutting down it restarts. If I wait for the PC to fully shut down before turning off the monitors it shuts down fine.

I’ve also tried turning off the monitors while the PC is on and it restarts the whole PC. I’ve only done this a couple of times and I’m afraid to cause issue. If the monitors go into standby there’s no issue.

During the shutdown process with monitors off before a restart everything turns off, but it seems the GPU stays on and triggers something to get the rest of the computer to power back on.

Monitors: Alienware AW2725DF (DisplayPort cable) Acer CG270HU (DisplayPort Cable)

PC Ryzen 7800x3d 4080 Super founders edition Bequiet BN516 1000w PSU MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI AM5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB (2x16) NZXT H9 Flow(3rd party power button to hide it from toddlers) Windows 11 pro 64 bit SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 2TB Sabrent Rocket 1 TB LianLi Strimer for GPU and MBB

I’m hoping it’s some silly setting I cannot seem to find this issue via searching Google.

Any suggestions on what I can try to troubleshoot are appreciated!

Posted Aug 11, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

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