Hi
I have just built a brand new system with the components listed below, all new. It is a clean install of Windows from genuine CD. Everything is OK exepct that when I shut down the system, the pc shuts down fully from Windows to black screen but the motherboard power, PSU, PCI cards, case fans, CPU fan are all still active and running. It's not a thermal safety delay thing, as I have left it overnight and it is still running in the morning. The CPU is way down the temperature stakes at 38-40deg c all the time so no overheat problem. Windows power management set to defaults. The only way I can get it to power down completely is to then hold in the power button for 5 seconds and it all goes off. I have checked all the connections on the system header, I have tried taking out all the PCI devices, USB devices, even the IDE CD device but the problem is still there. I cannot see anything in the BIOS that I could change to solve it. I have seen other people on forums with similar issues from time to time, but I've never read of anyone actually solving the problem. My OS runs from SATA hard drive configured as IDE in the BIOS. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
ASROCK P45TurboTwins2000 BIOS P1.10
Intel E8400 3GHz Core2Duo E0 Stepping
4GB Crucial DDRII PC2-6400 RAM
NVIDIA GeFORCE 9400GT PCIE
SATA WDC 320GB OS drive
SATA WDC Green Power 500GB x 2
Nesteq 500W PSU
Scythe Ninja II Cooler
Zalman FanMate
LG Super Multi DVD RAM IDE Optical Drive
ANTEC P180 case
WIN XP PRO SP3
I have just built a brand new system with the components listed below, all new. It is a clean install of Windows from genuine CD. Everything is OK exepct that when I shut down the system, the pc shuts down fully from Windows to black screen but the motherboard power, PSU, PCI cards, case fans, CPU fan are all still active and running. It's not a thermal safety delay thing, as I have left it overnight and it is still running in the morning. The CPU is way down the temperature stakes at 38-40deg c all the time so no overheat problem. Windows power management set to defaults. The only way I can get it to power down completely is to then hold in the power button for 5 seconds and it all goes off. I have checked all the connections on the system header, I have tried taking out all the PCI devices, USB devices, even the IDE CD device but the problem is still there. I cannot see anything in the BIOS that I could change to solve it. I have seen other people on forums with similar issues from time to time, but I've never read of anyone actually solving the problem. My OS runs from SATA hard drive configured as IDE in the BIOS. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
ASROCK P45TurboTwins2000 BIOS P1.10
Intel E8400 3GHz Core2Duo E0 Stepping
4GB Crucial DDRII PC2-6400 RAM
NVIDIA GeFORCE 9400GT PCIE
SATA WDC 320GB OS drive
SATA WDC Green Power 500GB x 2
Nesteq 500W PSU
Scythe Ninja II Cooler
Zalman FanMate
LG Super Multi DVD RAM IDE Optical Drive
ANTEC P180 case
WIN XP PRO SP3