Re: My PC won't stay shut down!
Frustrated;737372 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a brand new Dell desktop (got it Friday) with Vista Home Premium
> 32-bit SP1 on it. The problem I'm having is that I'm not able to shut
> the
> computer off.
>
> I'm going to the start menu, using the right arrow to display the full
> list
> of options (sleep, change users, restart, etc) and selecting Shut Down.
> Vista
> goes through the normal routine (shutting down, please wait, etc).
> After a
> couple of seconds the fans and hard drives shut down in the CPU and my
> monitor goes into sleep mode because it's not getting a signal.
> HOWEVER, in
> another second or two, the fans and hard drives spin back up, just like
> I'd
> pressed the power button on the CPU and the PC boots back up!
>
> It was happening before I applied SP1, so that should not be the
> problem. I
> can't say for sure that it has been happening from the very beginning,
> but I
> think it has been. The first few times it happened I thought that maybe
> I had
> put it in sleep mode by accident (I typically hit shut down and leave
> the
> room before it's done). I haven't had time to reinstall any of my
> software
> yet, so it is pretty much as delivered from Dell.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem? And more importantly, does
> anyone
> have any suggestions on fixing it? Right now the only way I can shut
> off my
> PC is to catch it on the reboot and hold in the power button on the CPU
> until
> it powers off.
>
> Thanks for your help!
Hi Frustrated,
See if this tutorial can help you. I would be sure to also check your
"Wake on ..." options to disable them in BIOS and for the Network (LAN)
device.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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