G29 calibration while the pc is off

[Zray]

10 min ago my pc is off and my g29 calibrates itself with a high beep. Is it a virus or my defective steering wheel?

[_I_]

most likely the pc is powering the usb ports while off, which the wheel detects and re-centers itself

[Arya]

Most likely neither. A virus isn't going to interact with your steering wheel in any way. It could be a defective wheel tho, you should boot up and test it in a game to make sure everything is OK.

From my experience, unless it's ransomware you won't even know you've been infected with a virus until its too late. Ransomware will lock out your PC and demand you pay a bribe(which you should never do!) while other forms of Malware are designed to be sneaky. Loud beeps that alert are the last thing they want.

By all means though, run a virus scan if it makes you feel more comfortable. I recommend Malwarebytes

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Have PC connect to a surge protector.
Once you shutdown a PC and it turns off, then turn off the main power switch on your surge protector. Modern PC since around 2012 or so allow USB ports to stay on if you leave the PSU on. To allow device charging and such.

[mister ballsack]

Same thing happened to me rn, i read on linus' forum and some guy said it is because of the software updating while the pc is off. So it is not a virus or anything, but it did freak me out. I jumped out of bed cuz i was sleeping lol

[Carlsberg]

Either of two things. Plug into a non-charging port then when the machine is off it would not get power. Windows not shutting down but sleeping as windows does now instead.

Sleep and hibernation can be turned off if that's the case.

[_I_]

you can enable eup in bios to turn off usb power when the pc is off

[r46]

Originally posted by sandu:

Same thing happened to me rn, i read on linus' forum and some guy said it is because of the software updating while the pc is off. So it is not a virus or anything, but it did freak me out. I jumped out of bed cuz i was sleeping lol

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SAME HAPPENED TO ME RN. I was trying to sleep when i heard the wheel spinning. Luckily found this post and i see i wasn't the only one LOL

[Malygos]

Do you have the logitech app downloaded( I know you do because you can't really use it correctly with out.)

That's what's doing it idk why but search it's a common issue my mouse sometimes goes haywire because of the app polling

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Disable power saving stuff in the BIOS to put a stop to having standby-power for USB ports when the PC is powered off. Only the PSU should be in the standby-mode which is extremely low power, just the same as when a TV is plugged into the wall, but is powered off.

If you still have problems then I suggest you maybe get yourself a Desktop Surge Protector that has power switches for each outlet provided in the rear. Then after your PC shuts down properly and turns off, turn it completely 100% off via the surge protector's switch so the PC is never in any power state what-so-ever. Or you can do the same by turning off the rear PSU switch after the PC successfully shuts down and powers off.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Malygos:

Do you have the logitech app downloaded( I know you do because you can't really use it correctly with out.)

That's what's doing it idk why but search it's a common issue my mouse sometimes goes haywire because of the app polling

Apps or your OS has no bearing on such an issue when the PC is powered off.
Having USB ports still being in a low power state while the PC is off is something you configure within the BIOS/UEFI

[_I_]

for tvs and monitors being off, not all are in a low power state

smart tvs, often still draw 5-10w so they can 'wake' just by turning on the backlight

and monitors with the g-sync module will draw another 10-15w even when the monitor is in standby mode

cable boxes are the #1 power draw usage devices, as they never turn off at all

its not alot, but adds up if you are not trying to draw any extra power when saving electricity

but yea to force usb ports to power off, enable eup in bios power settings

[¤︻デ芫≡ 一'(P)]

Originally posted by 21637:

Same thing happened to me rn, i read on linus' forum and some guy said it is because of the software updating while the pc is off. So it is not a virus or anything, but it did freak me out. I jumped out of bed cuz i was sleeping lol

I had the same problem, it was 5 am and I got a freaking good scare