Re: Not powering off

Ramesh wrote:
HI,

When i shut down my desktop, the system does not power off. I only get the display Its now safe to power off your computer (as in AT PCs), Are there any settings in XP or the BIOS that i need to check to rectify this situation? My PC has ATX power supply and AMD Athlon processor.

Thanks for any help.

Ramesh


Go to Device Manager, and check the properties of the "Computer" entry.
For proper shutdown, it should mention "ACPI".

http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2005/11/28/are_three_cores_better_than_two/devman.gif

If it says "Standard PC", well then, that is the problem.

Paul

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