help me...

[shopbruin]

I didn't have this problem until I got to school.

my brother built my system over the summer and i didn't have any problems with it when I was at home. Now when I shut down my computer usually the whole thing would shut off automatically. Since I've been back to school the computer/case/whatever refuses to shut down automatically. On my screen I get a "it is now safe to turn off your computer" but nothing else happens after that. The power button won't turn it off either.

now my brother was also the person that hooked my computer up to the school network when I got back. when i realized my problem I bugged him about it but he has no idea what happened. I would like to turn off my computer one of these days because i don't really want it to run 24/7 and I have an optical mouse also and I don't like seeing the red light coming from my mouse in the middle of the night. Help... either PM or reply to this thread... oh and if I'm in the wrong place... i'm sorry...

 

[Vegito]

try holding the power button down for more then 4 sec and see if it shuts down.. otherwise, there is a ms patch.. maybe the network card causing it not shut down. Anyway. whats the computer parts ?

 

[shopbruin]

Computer Specs:

yeah if any of these may interfere with the others:

pIII500
160mb pc100 ram
some motherboard i forgot right now
sb live value (bought oem)
voodoo3 3500 tv
creative 12x dvd with dxr3 decoder
umm 10/100 linksys network card
generic case i got from fry's
running Win ME

any help?

i'm gonna be back later tonite..

 

[Zach]

Don't ignore forcesho, try what he said...

 

[shopbruin]

Thank you SO much forcesho!!!! It worked! Thank you!

 

[Vegito]

Which one, holding the button down or download the microsoft fix ?

 

[Zach]

Soft power delay probably, holding down the button.....

My system was in some sort of 'Sleep Mode' for a few months once, didn't effect shutdown but the green Power LED never lit. I assumed it was burnt out, but had to power off after a total freeze.. and to my surprise the LED came on during the next bootup.. goes to show strange things that funky power management can do.