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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK ... try the following Click " Start -> Run" at the prompt enter " regedit" In the now opening window go to the key " HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" Click on "Winlogon" (Once!). In the right half of the window look for a key named PowerdownAfterShutdown and check it's value, it's supposed to be 1. If ther is no key named "PowerdownAfterShutdown" create it by rightclicking into the right half of the window and selecting "New" from the context menu. In the now opening window enter the values as to be seen in picture below  This is supposed to work under nearly all circumstances. EDIT: changed link to pic for getting rid of the funcity ad | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | and of course there is also this well known Microsoft site for XP shutdown problems with video drivers at fault.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,747 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
In the now opening window enter the values as to be seen in picture below
 In case you're only seeing a "funcity" image: | | | Karsten
DVD Collectors Online
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
In case you're only seeing a "funcity" image ??? EDIT: Ahhh, reloaded the page and got the funCity stuff too. Thanks DJ. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | When I opened the registry and saw that the value was previously '0' I was convinced this was going to sort it and started getting excited...it was premature, it's still no better  |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | That makes my first idea of conflicts with the APM of the Mainboard more and more likely.
Disable the APM (Advanced Power Management) in the BIOS of your machine.
If it works then, check on the Homepage of Gigabyte for a BIOS-update. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think your PC is going in hibernation instead of off. I don't remember where to turn that off in XP, though... It's under power options in Win7. | | | | Last edited: by Sokaris |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
That makes my first idea of conflicts with the APM of the Mainboard more and more likely.
Disable the APM (Advanced Power Management) in the BIOS of your machine.
If it works then, check on the Homepage of Gigabyte for a BIOS-update. Also, if you can find Intel Chipset drivers for your motherboard, this might help as well. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Latest BIOS is ver. F5 (released 12th of March) and can be downloaded from the Gigabyte website here | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ok, I couldn't see any obvious way to disable the APM so I went ahead and updated the BIOS anyway. Still no change.
Any idea what the setting for APM would be called? I have the following settings in the power management section of my BIOS:
ACPI suspend type: S3
Soft off by pwr-bttn: instant off
PME event wake up: enabled
power on by ring: disabled
resume by alarm: disabled
HPET support: enabled
HPET mode: 32 bit
power on by mouse/kb: both disabled
AC back function: soft off
EuP support: disabled |
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