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Darrin
I have an FIC VA503+ with the latest bios from esupport.
I had to purchase this from them as the board is no
longer supported by FIC. The new bios solved all the
critical problems I was having with XP Home (mostly AMLI
ACPI bios is attempting to write to an illegal... etc.),
but now shutdown freezes at the "Windows is shutting
down" screen (note: not at the "saving settings" screen).
20 seconds or so into the shutting down screen, the hard
drive powers down and the screen is frozen. This would be
the point where you might expect the safe to shut down
computer sceen of old. I can shut it down with the power
button at this point with no ill effects. I have tried a
clean install after the bios flash. Only XP is loaded. I
have a nvidea 64mb video card and a 10/100 card both of
which have no conflicts in device manager. I have
disabled nvidea references starting with windows. I have
all of the crittical updates installed. I have tried all
the fixes I could find, most of which were for XP hanging
at the "saving your settings" screen. Windows sees the
computer as an ACPI computer. There is no APM button in
the Power Management options in the control panel.
esupport tech support has tried to figure it out but
everything appears to be set right in the CMOS. Other
than this Windows is purring like a kitten. I can't
believe there is not a fix. I hope one of you can help
shed some light. If you have read this to the end than
THANKS. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Darrin
I had to purchase this from them as the board is no
longer supported by FIC. The new bios solved all the
critical problems I was having with XP Home (mostly AMLI
ACPI bios is attempting to write to an illegal... etc.),
but now shutdown freezes at the "Windows is shutting
down" screen (note: not at the "saving settings" screen).
20 seconds or so into the shutting down screen, the hard
drive powers down and the screen is frozen. This would be
the point where you might expect the safe to shut down
computer sceen of old. I can shut it down with the power
button at this point with no ill effects. I have tried a
clean install after the bios flash. Only XP is loaded. I
have a nvidea 64mb video card and a 10/100 card both of
which have no conflicts in device manager. I have
disabled nvidea references starting with windows. I have
all of the crittical updates installed. I have tried all
the fixes I could find, most of which were for XP hanging
at the "saving your settings" screen. Windows sees the
computer as an ACPI computer. There is no APM button in
the Power Management options in the control panel.
esupport tech support has tried to figure it out but
everything appears to be set right in the CMOS. Other
than this Windows is purring like a kitten. I can't
believe there is not a fix. I hope one of you can help
shed some light. If you have read this to the end than
THANKS. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Darrin