Old Board - GA-6VX7-4X putting together for Charity - prob..

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km wrote:
> The motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
> After turning off in WinXP close down takes place but then the power
> is still present with fans running and indicator lights still lit. The
> on/off switch needs to be pressed to be fully turned off.

It may be that this board doesn't support ACPI. Check for a BIOS update
or failing that just tell the client to live with it.

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km,

I had one that did like this. Turned out I was using a PCI video card in
it, and I had to go in and disable the system device bridging to AGP....or
some such.

Searching on Google ought to turn up the answer.

Rev


"km" <kev@m.fr.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Have received an old system as a donation for charity members.
>
> The motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
>
> Having installed WinXP I thought everything was OK but turning off is
> a problem.
>
> After turning off in WinXP close down takes place but then the power
> is still present with fans running and indicator lights still lit. The
> on/off switch needs to be pressed to be fully turned off.
>
> I am going to give this to someone with mobility restrictions and was
> hoping that streching to press this button could be avoided. Is there
> a BIOS setting or jumper change needed to avoid this inconvenience?
>
> KM

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Travis Jordan wrote:
> Travis Jordan wrote:
> > It may be that this board doesn't support ACPI. Check for a BIOS
> > update or failing that just tell the client to live with it.
>
> http://www.driverscollection.com/?file_id=4809

Also here: note the XP reinstall instructions. That's because ACPI uses
a different HAL.

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:24:35 -0500, "Rev" <revbutchconner@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>km,
>
>I had one that did like this. Turned out I was using a PCI video card in
>it, and I had to go in and disable the system device bridging to AGP....or
>some such.
>
>Searching on Google ought to turn up the answer.
>
>Rev
>
>
>"km" <kev@m.fr.co.uk> wrote in message
>newst2nf1pq8k9ec18fntkq4k5g4g52tklmcs@4ax.com...
>> Have received an old system as a donation for charity members.
>>
>> The motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
>>
>> Having installed WinXP I thought everything was OK but turning off is
>> a problem.
>>
>> After turning off in WinXP close down takes place but then the power
>> is still present with fans running and indicator lights still lit. The
>> on/off switch needs to be pressed to be fully turned off.
>>
>> I am going to give this to someone with mobility restrictions and was
>> hoping that streching to press this button could be avoided. Is there
>> a BIOS setting or jumper change needed to avoid this inconvenience?
>>
>> KM
>
Thanks for the suggestion. The system is using an AGP card and BIOS
reflects this so I am looking into the ACPI side of things as
identified by Travis.

KM

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"" wrote:
> Have received an old system as a donation for charity members.
>
>
> The motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
>
> Having installed WinXP I thought everything was OK but turning
> off is
> a problem.
>
> After turning off in WinXP close down takes place but then the
> power
> is still present with fans running and indicator lights still
> lit. The
> on/off switch needs to be pressed to be fully turned off.
>
> I am going to give this to someone with mobility restrictions
> and was
> hoping that streching to press this button could be avoided.
> Is there
> a BIOS setting or jumper change needed to avoid this
> inconvenience?
>
> KM

It seems your computer uses an AT power supply, not ATX?
This would explain why you have to manually turn the system on and
off.
Does the system have a reset button?

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