I'd recompile your kernel.
Why, heck I dunno, just sounds like the kinda thing one of you linux guys would do.
Have you tried moving the computer further away? Run an extension cord from another outlet? Booted the computer in your neighbor's house. At some point, the door will stop opening. Then I'd backtrack from there.
LOL....this is one of the weirdest things I've read in a while.