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| Thread ID: 45573 | 2004-05-26 09:12:00 | pc will not shut down | Stick (204) | Press F1 |
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| 239495 | 2004-05-30 09:05:00 | I've tried all the info thats been given, also my own research but pc will still not turn off normally. Found, if boot pc in 'safe-mode' and shut down, pc shuts down correctly (turns power supply off). Now thinking of formatting and re-installing. Thanks for your help. | Stick (204) | ||
| 239496 | 2004-05-30 09:45:00 | So it is not finally shutting down the power supply that is the problem? I take it then that it gets to the "You may now shutdown your computer" screen? If it doesn't get to that stage and stalls with a blank desktop it should still be possible to see where it is stopping. Before you reformat, have you considered doing a full install over the top of your existing installation? (Please excuse me if you have posted the answer to that, I can't see your earlier posts right now.) Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 239497 | 2004-05-30 20:49:00 | The fact that it does shut down ok from Safe Mode strongly suggests that the problem is to do with a faulty driver., but how to find it? You could try disabling devices in Device Manager-Properties, even change the video adapter to a standard VGA which is what happens in Safe Mode, to see if that is the cause. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 239498 | 2004-05-31 10:45:00 | [The fact that it does shut down ok from Safe Mode strongly suggests that the problem is to do with a faulty driver., but how to find it? You could try disabling devices in Device Manager-Properties, even change the video adapter to a standard VGA which is what happens in Safe Mode, to see if that is the cause.] I have done all this with no luck. I think it is a sound driver by a window that pooped up once on my wife. have removed the drivers & reinstalled then but still no luck [Before you reformat, have you considered doing a full install over the top of your existing installation?] I have done this, Tomorrow I's gets a full format |
Stick (204) | ||
| 239499 | 2004-05-31 21:02:00 | Well, when all the software tests dont find the problem, it is always worth testing the memory, just in case there is a bit of flakiness in there. All sorts of wierd things can happen if the memory is not 100%. Memtest86 is very searching. http://www.memtest86.com/ |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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