Computer Won't Power Down

[GTODave]

ASUS A7V with 1.2GHz AMD was working perfectly fine. For no apparent reason (no new applications loaded, no updates run) it won't power down now. Start-Shutdown-Shutdown from Win98 goes normally until the point where power should turn off. Everything stops there showing either a black screen with a blinking cursor, or a white screen with static color noise. The power button doesn't work and if I push reset it goes back into Windows like it was booting up. The only way to kill power is to pull the power cord. Any ideas?

 

[Mday]

have you applied the win98 shutdown patch?

are your power settings in the BIOS set properly?

 

[GTODave]

The thing has been shutting down fine for 6 months now. I haven't changed anything in the BIOS settings. Unless the Win98 shutdown patch is bundled into the Win98 Update packs on the MS website, I haven't installed it. But then why OK for 6 months and just now it starts acting up?

 

[GregANDTCH]

Have you checked for Virus's?
Probably not, but worth a try.