Shutting down

[Guest]

Hi

Is there a way in that i can make the computer shutdown without me having to press the button to turn it off. most computers, your in windows and you go to shutdown and it shuts down the whole computer. But some you goto shutdown, and it stops at the end and says it is now safe to turn off your computer. I want these to shutdown without me having to press the power button.

Thanks

 

[Alexander Grech]

Hi Paul

It seems you do not have an ATX tower. You need an ATX tower so that your
computer shuts down automatically without you having to press the button.
How old is your tower?

Hi

Is there a way in that i can make the computer shutdown without me having

to press the button to turn it off. most computers, your in windows and you
go to shutdown and it shuts down the whole computer. But some you goto
shutdown, and it stops at the end and says it is now safe to turn off your
computer. I want these to shutdown without me having to press the power
button.

 

[Guest]

hi

It must be around 5 years old. is that too old for atx?

 

[Tim Judd]

hi

It must be around 5 years old. is that too old for atx?

Easier way to tell if you have ATX: look at the keyboard plug in the back
(AFTER turning the system off. if it's small, as in 3/8" round at the
silver, or if it's 1/2", which is an older standard.

You can sometimes even tell by the power switch. if it's a pushbutton "on"
and the system roars to life, you probably have a ATX. if it's a rocker
switch (distinct "on" and "off" positions), you have an AT. You are
wanting an ATX, at least.

The last requires taking off the PC case. look for the power connector, it
should be white with many color wires meeting the motherboard. if you have
a single row, it's an AT, if you have a double row, it's an ATX.

You can also check your system BIOS (if you feel comfortable with this), and
check to see if APM (Advanced Power Management) is enabled, or ACPI
(Advanced Control Power Interface) is enabled. If either APM/ACPI is
disabled, the system won't be able to power down the system.

Good luck.

 

[Guest]

Hi Tim

My power supply is ATX and I also have the same problem as Paul
What to do?

 

[Douglas Kentner]

open up the device manager (right click my computer/manage/system
tools/device manager)
and expand the computer object underneath it if you don't see ACPI PC then
there's your problem. ACPI is the standard that lets windows tell the pc to
power off. ACPI is a feature that comes from your BIOS so older pc's usually
don't support the feature, however if you don't have the ACPI driver
installed, check for BIOS updates from your pc manufacturer many times
they'll turn the feature on with an update.