I have had a problem for years where my desktop PC wakes itself up due to static electricity. It gets worse in winter (on cold days). I have isolated the problem to a certain USB device or USB cable. I have a USB hub with four devices, one of them is a USB printer. When I disconnect that, the problem is gone. Perhaps it's because that cable kind of touches the wall and goes under the table more than the other devices. Or perhaps it's just the cable, but I don't want to change that just yet because it's a lot of work (involving dismantling my desk).
The computer wakes up when I do things such as move on the floor with my chair or switch on/off my amplifier (which is near the USB device but other than that is unrelated).
My question is, is there a simple solution? For example some kind of static discharge resilient USB cable (A-B) or an USB adapter canceling static electricity or something like that? Is there some trick to position the cable so that it would not pick up static discharges? Or should I just try some expensive Lindy USB cable and see if that helps?
The computer wakes up when I do things such as move on the floor with my chair or switch on/off my amplifier (which is near the USB device but other than that is unrelated).
My question is, is there a simple solution? For example some kind of static discharge resilient USB cable (A-B) or an USB adapter canceling static electricity or something like that? Is there some trick to position the cable so that it would not pick up static discharges? Or should I just try some expensive Lindy USB cable and see if that helps?