He_Who_Dares_Wins

Hi,

I was running ME and found that the system wouldnt shut off unless i held the power switch down untill it cut out.

So i formatted as it needed doing anyway....and now have 98 on there and its started doing it again!

Im wondering infact whether this is a hardware prob?

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Dan.

michael_clarkson

I thought that was normal behaviour for modern ATX MB machines. Check your BIOS settings

He_Who_Dares_Wins

will do cheers mate

fast bloke

Do you get the 'It is now safe' screen?

If it doesn't get that far you have installed something that the OS can't stop running.

Figment

What about when you select Shutdown, and the PC reboots instead?

He_Who_Dares_Wins

nah i do get the "its safe to turn off screen"

if i select shutdown it just goes to that screen and waits...but wont power off like it used to....strange i tell ya

Dan.

HHxx

Something to do with acpi. Look in the power control panel, and turn it on?

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

dont know if it will work for you but i got told when the pc hangs on shut down if you hold the shift bar it closes the pc down

workshy_fopp

My second machine started doing this, most likely after applying a load of hotfixes/updates from windowsupdate.com
I never got round it. Installing XP Pro fixed it though.

JR55

I had this problem a while ago I think it is due to an IE patch, if you search on the microsoft support site you should be able to locate the patch. Once installed it should work ok.

He_Who_Dares_Wins

HHXX - what is acpi? & do u mean power options in the control panel?

Cheers for all ya suggestions people, keep em coming tho aye

Dan.

HHxx

I can never remember what it stands for, advanced somthing power interface?

I don't have a 98 box to look at so its a bit hard to say where to check.

You said you have reinstalled? Is the device manager listing any devices with are not recognised or drivers missing?

H

He_Who_Dares_Wins

errr i'll av to check that one....its not actually my system so cant look at it at the mo...but i will be popping over there in the nxt wk or so i would think, so i'll check it over.

Dan.

JR55

I've had a check with my IT Mgr and he says that he is 90% certain the problem you have is down to explorer, if you install the patch it will sort it out. He is looking to see if he still has the floppy with it on, if he finds it i'll mail it to you.

DanTheMan

check that power management is enabled in the BIOS

He_Who_Dares_Wins

JR55 - Top man if you could sort me out that would be cool...let me knw, or if u could point me in the direction of where the patch is and maybe the name, i'll sort it from this end....cheers

dantheman - cheers mate will have a butchers

Dan.

He_Who_Dares_Wins

JR55 - yeah i cant find this patch mate...any ideas??

Pete The Biker

pc advisor magamzine website is very helpful.............

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/

Pete

He_Who_Dares_Wins

cheers mate

JR55

Sorry mate, IT bod has chucked the disk 'cos we are all on xp and IE V6. I have had a check on the microsoft sire and I think the have removed the patch aswell 'cos the only advice I can find is to update to the latest version of explorer. Is this a problem?

He_Who_Dares_Wins

Ah ok mate, nah no worries...i'll work away around im sure, just needs playing around with for a while...hopefully i dont have to resort to a hammer and chisel again though!

Cheers for all ya help people