help on Shutdown: Software-yes/Hardware-no

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  1. Zer0ink

    Zer0ink Regular member

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    I have a emachine 550 emonster (Napoli2 MB)

    It came with Win98 and shutdown worked fine until i did a clean install with WINXP.

    Windows shuts down but I have to wait til it does then hit the power button. If I hit the power button first then WinXP doesnt shutdown properly first.

    I know there's a small circuit board behind the on/off switch. Does this board need a driver? If so where would I get one? Maybe some setting in the Bios?

    Thanks for any help you can give.
     
    Zer0ink, Sep 11, 2006
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    You posted this over in Windows general as well. Double posting is a forum no-no.

    Check that you have updated Win XP to the most current stuff. Sometimes there are ACPI issues which are resolved with some hotfixes which can fix the 'no shutdown' syndrome.

    ~Rich
     
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    Zer0ink Regular member

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    So it seems i did..sorry

    thanks for the tip
     
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    ok i did a search and found nothing for a XP hotfix
     
    Zer0ink, Sep 13, 2006
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