MadGutts Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Has any one seen or heard of a fix for this?Basically the pc works fine, starts up, runs etc..... But when you tell it to shut down.... the pc shuts down and turns off. BUT the graphics card still displays the "shutting down pc" screen !Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosapience Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Sounds like you need to enable APM. Go into your BIOS and check under Power Management. Turn on APM (advanced power management). If you don't have an ACPI compliant BIOS for some reason (old, old BIOS), you wont be able to do this.Hopefully, that'll work for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGutts Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 ACPI is working fine.... The pc turns off, the status LED goes orange.All the HDD's and Fans stop, the pc is dead. But the video card retains power and displays the image !Bizarre ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosapience Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Did your system always do that? If so, maybe it's a BIOS bug, try updating it.If it just started doing it for no apparent reason, then my guess is your mobo is having trouble. Make sure your PSU is working right, cables aren't loose, etc..., so you can prevent any further problems. Heck, I'd reflash the BIOS anyway just to see if that helps any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeenThereB4 Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Reseat the Graphics card, move to another slot, then replace - try in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosapience Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Reseat the Graphics card, move to another slot, then replace - try in that order.Hmm, why would reseating card help? Maybe if he was having some kind of system instability, but for a shutdown issue? Moving the card may help, if he's having some kind of conflict with another card on the PCI bus. But most people use AGP cards now. As for replacing the card, that's a bit drastic for a simple shutdown issue. Maybe he could try swaping it out with another card just to see what happens, provided he has an extra card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Well, unless this is the first time it does that, I think it is normal. Many [older] PC's ask you to press the Power Button to completely shut it off, even after shutting it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Try updating your video drivers to the newest version, used to see this alot on Compaq laptops. OR Disable Fast shutdown, run msconfig, click advanced and check the box next to 'Disable Fast Shutdown'. Also be sure to have all of the windows updates installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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