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re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down'
Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 11:41 am
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Posted by Mike Kudrow (3 messages posted)

Try disabling RI RESUME in your BIOS. It's under Power Management if you have AWARD bios. This worked for me.

On Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 2:58 pm, rodders wrote:
>I have a tip regarding When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting
>down -- shuts down reboots instead of shut down shutting down:

>
>If you have a motherboard that supports ACPI, try disabling the 'PME Event Wakeup'
>setting in the Power Management section of the BIOS. It worked for me (Gigabyte GA-7ZXR
>with AMI BIOS)

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Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (rodders: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 2:58 pm)

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