Computer resets instead of shutting down

[Jan Alter]

Hi,
I just finished installing a Gigabyte P4-Titan mb (GA-8VT800-L) with a
1.7 Ghz Celeron with XP Pro. Installed Win XP-Pro and all the updates from
MS. However, the one anomoly is that when I click to close the OS software
it appears to be closing down but then it resets itself and restarts instead
of simply shutting off. I've never run into this one before.

 

[Dave C.]

Hi,
I just finished installing a Gigabyte P4-Titan mb (GA-8VT800-L) with a
1.7 Ghz Celeron with XP Pro. Installed Win XP-Pro and all the updates from
MS. However, the one anomoly is that when I click to close the OS software
it appears to be closing down but then it resets itself and restarts instead
of simply shutting off. I've never run into this one before.

Check your "wake on" settings. Maybe the LAN is waking it up or
omething? -Dave

 

[Kill Bill]

Hi,
I just finished installing a Gigabyte P4-Titan mb (GA-8VT800-L) with a
1.7 Ghz Celeron with XP Pro. Installed Win XP-Pro and all the updates from
MS. However, the one anomoly is that when I click to close the OS software
it appears to be closing down but then it resets itself and restarts instead
of simply shutting off. I've never run into this one before.

--
Jan Alter
(e-mail address removed)
or
(e-mail address removed)12.pa.us

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[David Maynard]

Hi,
I just finished installing a Gigabyte P4-Titan mb (GA-8VT800-L) with a
1.7 Ghz Celeron with XP Pro. Installed Win XP-Pro and all the updates from
MS. However, the one anomoly is that when I click to close the OS software
it appears to be closing down but then it resets itself and restarts instead
of simply shutting off. I've never run into this one before.

XP defaults to restarting on a critical error and it would seem you have a
driver problem (most common cause) that's crashing during shutdown, so XP
restarts to 'recover' from the problem.

Go into system-advanced and turn off the automatic restart on an error,
which will probably let you see the pretty blue crash screen, and check
your event logs for what's causing the problem.

 

[A Cowan]

Its the Power Managment settings in BIOS, I had the same problem with my
Gigabyte mobo until I turned off the 'Wake on PME'.

Now the only problem is as soon as power is supplied to the PSU or PSU is
switched on it doesn't wait for the power button to be pressed and
immediately turns itself on :s. When I shutdown it does power down properly,
except my keyboard NumLock light stays on, and sometimes the optical mouse
lights?!

 

[Jan Alter]

Hi. The Power Management setting in the BIOS was the culprit. It shuts down

Turning it off stopped the computer from restarting. Many thanks A Cowan,
and thank you also to David M (you actually got me looking at the advanced
settings in the System folder so I saw the options), and Kill Bill (who got
me to realize I could have been doing a Google search of this question- and
I'm not alone).

Now that's a nice Father's Day present.

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Maybe Gigabyte has a newer BIOS that addresses this issue.

 

[Kill Bill]

Glad you got it sorted out...

Hi. The Power Management setting in the BIOS was the culprit. It shuts down

Turning it off stopped the computer from restarting. Many thanks A Cowan,
and thank you also to David M (you actually got me looking at the advanced
settings in the System folder so I saw the options), and Kill Bill (who got
me to realize I could have been doing a Google search of this question- and
I'm not alone).

Now that's a nice Father's Day present.

If you like old movies go to the link below. You can legally and freely
download them with a decent cable, T1 or DSL connection.
http://www.archive.org/movies/movie...date DESC&submit=yes&collection=feature_films


Maybe Gigabyte has a newer BIOS that addresses this issue.
--
Jan Alter
(e-mail address removed)
or
(e-mail address removed)12.pa.us
with

 

[GTS]

Its the Power Managment settings in BIOS, I had the same problem with my
Gigabyte mobo until I turned off the 'Wake on PME'.

Now the only problem is as soon as power is supplied to the PSU or PSU is
switched on it doesn't wait for the power button to be pressed and
immediately turns itself on :s. When I shutdown it does power down properly,
except my keyboard NumLock light stays on, and sometimes the optical mouse
lights?!

The keyboard and optical mouse are meant to stay on - it's a feature of most
mobos now that enable you to turn off / sleep / wake up the PC from the
keyboard or wake only by clicking the mouse. If you have a modern keyboard
they have wake, sleep, and turn off buttons on them which work great. On my
Gigabyte mobo there is an option in the BIOS to disable or enable wake from
mouse, but even when disabled the mouse still stays powered.

 

[A Cowan]

Jan, good to see you got it sorted.

And GTS, i've disabled all the 'Wake on....' features and either numlock or
mouse lights stay on depending on if the OS shut it down or the 'soft off'
button was used.

I'd like to keep my PSU powered so that the machine can be turned on using
the power button on the case, rather than turning itself on when its plugged
in and switched on at the mains socket, i feel that a surge of power like
that through the machine at startup can't be good for the hardware.

Would it waste much power with the PSU and mobo sitting powered all times, I
just dont like leaving it like that especially when the keyboard / mouse
lights are still on! Maybe I should just put up with it turning itself on
and disconnect it from mains when not in use? Whatcha think?

Cheers
Alistair

 

[Anett Petrich]

Jan, good to see you got it sorted.

And GTS, i've disabled all the 'Wake on....' features and either numlock or
mouse lights stay on depending on if the OS shut it down or the 'soft off'
button was used.

I'd like to keep my PSU powered so that the machine can be turned on using
the power button on the case, rather than turning itself on when its plugged
in and switched on at the mains socket, i feel that a surge of power like
that through the machine at startup can't be good for the hardware.

Would it waste much power with the PSU and mobo sitting powered all times, I
just dont like leaving it like that especially when the keyboard / mouse
lights are still on! Maybe I should just put up with it turning itself on
and disconnect it from mains when not in use? Whatcha think?

Cheers
Alistair

I'm in general agreement with you wanting the thing turned off when it's
thought to shut down. On this Gigabyte I'm noticing that no lights stay lit
on the keyboard. I only had a serial mouse connected this morning so don't
know if a USB mouse would remain lit. I'm suspecting it would. However, I
was running a wireless usb network card to connect to our router and even
when I powered down one of the led's on the card remained lit (even after
disabling PME). I thought that somewhat annoying.
Be aware that for years now many motherboards have leds that remain lit
when the computer is off. I'm still in a quandry for why and I'm not so
concerned with the miniscule power they eat. I guess I've just sort of
accepted the trend and put it out of mind. Still, I prefer that when I turn
the machine off it's off and the way I've gotten around it all is to have
the computer plugged into a surge protector power strip. After the computer
goes off I turn the power strip off.

Jan

 

[David Maynard]

I'm in general agreement with you wanting the thing turned off when it's
thought to shut down. On this Gigabyte I'm noticing that no lights stay lit
on the keyboard. I only had a serial mouse connected this morning so don't
know if a USB mouse would remain lit. I'm suspecting it would. However, I
was running a wireless usb network card to connect to our router and even
when I powered down one of the led's on the card remained lit (even after
disabling PME). I thought that somewhat annoying.
Be aware that for years now many motherboards have leds that remain lit
when the computer is off. I'm still in a quandry for why and I'm not so
concerned with the miniscule power they eat. I guess I've just sort of
accepted the trend and put it out of mind. Still, I prefer that when I turn
the machine off it's off and the way I've gotten around it all is to have
the computer plugged into a surge protector power strip. After the computer
goes off I turn the power strip off.

Jan

All ATX system has 5v standby power or else none of the 'wake up' features
would ever work, and the power switch need something 'alive' to 'interpret'
the button push. Besides it, the power button, being semi 'smart', by
having it as an electrical signal to the power supply, rather than a mains
switch, it places all AC components inside the sealed power supply as a
safety feature for those brave souls who stick their fingers inside the
case, as in adding a card, adding memory, etc.

It also keeps the CMOS battery from being drained since the standby 5V
powers it.

Btw, unless yours is old enough to be in a museum, your TV set is always on
too, or else it wouldn't come on when you push that incredibly convenient
remote control power button. It would also take a lot longer to come on as
the picture tube filament in most is kept 'warm' so the tube lights up quicker.