PC won't shutdown or restart

gamer1357

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My PC is having a problem shutting down correctly. It happened after I cloned my HDD to my new 500gb SSD. All seemed to go smoothly and it boots just fine. But when I take out the HDD to test the SSD, the SSD will boot fine but it will not shutdown or restart. I have to do a hard shutdown by holding the power button for five seconds or restart it manually from the motherboard.

However, with the HDD and SSD both plugged in with both having the same content since the SSD is cloned, it will shutdown just fine. It still boots from the SSD, I have no problems there.

What happens is when it shuts down, windows exits and the screens turn off but the power to the computer remains with the led's and fans still on.

If someone can help that would be great. I'm thinking a fresh install may fix it, but it seems to boot fine so I'm not sure. Thanks