Computer doesn't actually shut down when trying to shut down through windows

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Hello all, I recently built a computer. I noticed what seems to be a minor problem (at least i don't think its major). When i try shutting down my computer through windows the computer doesn't actually shut down. I can see the liquid cooler and case led still on. So what i usually do is just try shutting down through windows and then physically turn the computer off via the power button on the case. Anyway to fix this? Thanks.
 
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Is your BIOS latest? Is AHCI and UEFI enabled? Is the partition style used GPT?
If any of the above three is "No", then the fast startup in Windows 8.1 might give you issues (although apparently it mostly doesn't have this problem in Windows 8, i guess they screwed up something in 8.1)
And disabling "Fast Startup" is just fine in my opinion.
Fast startup makes cold starts faster, restarts aren't affected.
So unless you completely shut down and then turn the computer back on from a no power state, "fast startup" would have NO effect whatsoever. And how many times would an user do that? If you need a restart, you'd probably used the "restart" option, not "shut down" and then physically press the power button to turn it back on :p
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noahsteeze

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I found what is was. There is a setting that is in the power options called "turn on fast startup". Should i leave this on? It fixed my problem but now i am curious as to if this benefits my computer in anyway.
 
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Is your BIOS latest? Is AHCI and UEFI enabled? Is the partition style used GPT?
If any of the above three is "No", then the fast startup in Windows 8.1 might give you issues (although apparently it mostly doesn't have this problem in Windows 8, i guess they screwed up something in 8.1)
And disabling "Fast Startup" is just fine in my opinion.
Fast startup makes cold starts faster, restarts aren't affected.
So unless you completely shut down and then turn the computer back on from a no power state, "fast startup" would have NO effect whatsoever. And how many times would an user do that? If you need a restart, you'd probably used the "restart" option, not "shut down" and then physically press the power button to turn it back on :p
When "Fast startup" is enabled, cold startups are a few seconds faster, that's all it does :p
 
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