Computer restarts about 5 seconds after switch off!

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Eddie

Hi,

Can anyone help. Installed Xp with SP2. At first I noticed that at power
down it said "It is now safe to switch off your PC, rather than auto power
off. When I manually switch off, about four or five seconds later the power
turns back on, and the PC re-boots as per normal.

Have done a virus scan with latest signatures, (+ Sasser).

Config

GA 7ZXR
1GHz AMD Athlon
512MB Memory
AOpen 64MB AGP card
Maxtor 40GB HD, (split into two)

Many thanks in advance

Eddie
 
Hi,

Can anyone help. Installed Xp with SP2. At first I noticed that at power
down it said "It is now safe to switch off your PC, rather than auto power
off. When I manually switch off, about four or five seconds later the power
turns back on, and the PC re-boots as per normal.
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Try the suggestions on this page perhaps:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
 
Thanks Michael the URL looks very interesting. I must admit that I thought
the problem must be in the BIOS, because it was powering off for a few
seconds. It only started after I put a couple of extra cards in for my
daughter, (modem and firewire interface). Looks like modems can cause this
problem, so I'll try swapping them around.

Thanks again

Eddie
 
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