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.

 

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

 

will do cheers mate

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

check that power management is enabled in the BIOS

 

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.

 

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

 

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

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

Pete

 

cheers mate

 

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?

 

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