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Strangest problem ever!

M

Moffat Cafe

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OK, this may be common but it's the first time I encountered it (been throwing together pcs since 100Mb Hard drives were hot). Got a 939 board (Mach Speed Viper 939 AGP) that worked very well EXCEPT that shutting down XP settled down to where I got the archaic screen that said: it's OK now to turn off your computer! Tried everything--format /reinstall XP, poke around BIOS,clear CMOS, swap hard drives, memory etc. XP just did not auto shut off.

I put the Mach on the side and ordered an Asrock and stuck in a CPU and everythings back to reality. So before I return the weirdo to the egg, I thought I consult the Mighty Anand Geek Squad.
 
Is ACPI enabled in the BIOS (if available)? If it's enabled, but you got a non-ACPI kernel when you installed Windows, then you could try forcing an ACPI kernel during Windows installation, I guess... now what key was that. 😕 I think you hit F5 or F[/b]7[/b] at the screen that says to press F6 if you have third-party mass-storage drivers yadda yadda. Shortly afterwards you get to choose the kernel.
 
Windows displays this screen right before sending the machine to S5 (soft-off) state. If the board doesn't power down, then it's not providing a supported method to the OS. That'll typically be a BIOS bug in the ACPI scripting, or a non-ACPI Windows installation on a mainboard whose BIOS doesn't support older methods anymore.
 
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