re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:18 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Eric (1 messages posted) I have a very similar problem, I actually thought my power supply has gone bad. so i replaced that and no luck. everything for error restarting is disabled, bios automatic power ons are off, powermanagement in both bios and windows is off, yet still i cannot shut down either. What really stinks is i can't see an error message, just black and a quick reset. PS now my system takes forever loading up? The only thing i could think of me doing was installing my FireWire card. I have had no problem with my bios b4, is it recommended to update that? On Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 5:51 pm, Martin wrote: > I am experiencing this problem. My computer restarts >instead of turning off when I select 'shut down'. I want to achieve a result >where my computer powers off by itself. No 'safe to shut down' message. > >My set up is as follows: > >Pentium II 400, Asus P2B-LS mother board (latest bios revision), Windows XP Pro. > >APM was not enabled automatically by Windows installation. I enabled it >manually. > >These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken: > >1. Disable reboot on error; So I can see if there is a BSOD (stop error) b4 it >reboots >        I receive no BSOD, it just restarts > >2. Disable APM. >        Displays 'safe to shut down' message >at shut down > >3. Disable power management in BIOS while enabling APM in Windows >        Restarts instead of shutting down > >4. Enable power management in BIOS while disabling APM in Windows >        Displays 'safe to shut down' message >at shut down > >That's as far as I have gotten. Without error messages I have no idea how to >isolate the problem. Bear in mind that this is all being tried after a clean >install using only default Windows drivers, so it is not because of non WDM >drivers. > >I do not have Roxio Easy CD Creator 5. > >Any ideas on the next step? > >Thanks, > >Martin Written in response to: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 5:51 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dardo : Friday, April 26, 2002 at 12:09 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dardo : Friday, April 26, 2002 at 12:14 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 5:51 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Wayne: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:52 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (W.J.Livingstone: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 4:12 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 8:47 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Denzil: Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 5:44 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Mike: Sat, Feb 22, 2003, 3:10 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Eric: Wed, Apr 24, 2002, 10:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dardo : Fri, Apr 26, 2002, 12:09 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dardo : Fri, Apr 26, 2002, 12:14 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Vlad: Mon, May 20, 2002, 4:45 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (MrBlack: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 12:48 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dave M: Sat, Jul 6, 2002, 12:01 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Ian Lund: Mon, Dec 9, 2002, 5:01 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (OpenSourceBoy: Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 11:44 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (jwever: Thu, Aug 14, 2003, 1:17 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Brie13: Mon, Mar 7, 2005, 11:04 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (marc: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 3:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Scott Strugnell: Sun, Dec 10, 2006, 2:16 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (tigs: Tue, Jan 21, 2003, 4:50 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Mon, Feb 10, 2003, 12:57 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (ton: Thu, Jun 10, 2004, 6:05 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum