Will Not Shut down unless i do a hard shut down

I am having trouble with my M15x and dont feel like waiting for hours on tech suport to help for what may be simpe
My M15x will not stay shut down i can go to the start window hit shut down and it will shut down
but right after its completly off it turns right back on and it will do that like 5 times and the 6th time i might get it stay down
if i do a hard shut down with power buttong then it stays off
any settings i need to look for or do i have a corupt pc ?

 

what OS are you using ?
Try shut down using Ctrl+ALt+Delete and on the bottom right, click shut down.

I would recommend you to do a reformat and fresh install Windows. If that's still happening I think it would be the hardware problem and you might want to call dell.

 

had same problem, i upgraded to new nvidia driver 195.62, i think it was, completely solved it.

here is the link:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
pick geforce
200m series
and pick your os and download and install

 

when it would start back up it opens up to the screan where i have to put my password in well i dont password in i clcik the red button on the right bototm corner and it still does the same thing

 

Looks like the computer is going for sleep/hibernate instead of shutting down.
Check your power settings, you might want to change them to make it shut itself down normally.

 

when i had this problem it wasn't this bad, it would restart once in awhile, and the next shutdown would be fine. i never had it happen multiple times in a row.
check your power setting like aikimox said, if that didn't fix it, install the driver the new nvidia driver. that driver solve my restart issue along witha few issues i had with certain games, won't hurt to try it out.

 

tried the driver that did not do anyting checked the power settings and they are the same as they always are on all my systems
never shut down ever unless i tell it to push the button also never hiberrnate never sleep and never lock

on the phone with tech now he had me remove the batter and unplug the system then hold the power button down for 2 minutes and then we tried again and it still did the same thing now he has me on hold whyll he tries to figure this out

 

Try logging off before shutting down.

 

Hey mate, Im trying to read some stuff to sort out an answer for you but Im too drunk right now lol... So I will just post the links here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311806

Hope this helps...

 

drunken tech support. The best kind of help there is, lol

 

Lol... Im sober now. Dont know if the links can help since it's for Windows XP.

I had this problem on my desktop long ago. And if my memory is correct it was due to defective mobo. IDK...

 

could it be due to one of the hardware components that is set to wake the computer up ?
i had this problem once with my network card.. all i had to do is to remove the V from "allow this device to wake the computer" in device manager.

 

There is also a bios setting called either wake on lan. Ill double check the tech s done exchanging the mobos. There is also a slight possibility of it being the mobo which is faulty.