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    Windows XP Home Edition and shutting down

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mjpartyboy, May 21, 2006.

  1. mjpartyboy

    mjpartyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    A few weeks ago I upgraded some of the home PC's specs and installed XP and when I shut it down it would eventually come to an XP splash screen saying it's now safe to turn off your PC, then I had to press the power button to turn off the tower. It had ME on it prior to this and the shut down option would always turn off the base unit.

    On Friday I installed a USB 2.0 and Firewire combination card and XP detected it and installed the drivers, but it has affected the boot up as it sometimes freezes on the initial Packard Bell splash screen and when shutting down it now closes XP and actually turns the PC off without displaying the XP exit splash screen. :confused: The PC seems to be running fine apart from these two things.

    Does anybody know why this might have happened, mainly the shut down thing?
     
    mjpartyboy, May 21, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    I moved this thread to Software. You should get more help here. :)
    Tim
     
    Tim, May 21, 2006
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Does your computer support ACPI? It sounds like your motherboard and/or your power supply doesn't support this feature.
     
    kegobeer, May 21, 2006
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yup, or the ACPI drivers are not installed or not working correctly. Check device manager if anything is reported there.
     
    qwester, May 21, 2006
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  5. mjpartyboy

    mjpartyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks!

    I'll have a look next time I'm on it and report back.
     
    mjpartyboy, May 21, 2006
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    auto7890 Notebook Enthusiast

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    have you found out how to fix this yet ? I have the same problem.
     
    auto7890, Jun 17, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Update your BIOS and check your driver page for ACPI drivers.
     
    flipfire, Jun 17, 2008
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  8. mjpartyboy

    mjpartyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry for not seeing your post. I can't actually remember if I fixed it or not because the PC was passed on to a family friend a couple of years ago.
     
    mjpartyboy, Mar 13, 2009
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