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 going
right through posting all the way to loading the OS instead of simply
shutting off. I've never run into this one before. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Jon Danniken]

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 going
right through posting all the way to loading the OS instead of simply
shutting off. I've never run into this one before. Any ideas or suggestions?

I doubt this will help you, but I had a Win98 computer do that to me several months ago; when I took it
back to my friend's house, though, it worked fine with his monitor/keyboard/mouse.

Jon

 

[Jan Alter]

Thanks for responding. The problem turned out to be a setting in the BIOS.
Disabling the PME (Power Management Event) setting let the thing turn off.
This piece of information came to me via someone in another NG that I'd
posted.

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suggestions?

I doubt this will help you, but I had a Win98 computer do that to me

several months ago; when I took it