Older computer, new Windows XP Home

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My system is a AMD K6 on a ATX IWill motherboard. Pentium Two equal for those who don't understand. Once I installed Windows XP Home my system will not shut down automatically anymore. It just gives me the "Now it is safe to turn your computer off" message. I tried to fiddle with the power management in CMOS but to no awail. Please help.
 
My system is a AMD K6 on a ATX IWill motherboard. Pentium Two equal for those who don't understand. Once I installed Windows XP Home my system will not shut down automatically anymore. It just gives me the "Now it is safe to turn your computer off" message. I tried to fiddle with the power management in CMOS but to no awail. Please help.
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Learn to live with it. XP isn't 100% compatible with your motherboard's
power management. I've loaded XP on numerous older motherboards and your
shutdown problem is the norm. The good news is that XP seems to run just
fine on many old motherboards.

Why shut it down at all? Computers are designed to run 24/7 anyway.

NRJ
 
Hi, Guys and Gals,

The older computers usually need an update on the BIOS chip.

If you go into power options and don't see an APM tab, then you need an
upgrade to enable Power management support.

I have updated several computers so that power management will do a normal
shutdown.
The chips are around $20.00 from the manufacturer.

Good Luck,
Jerry


Diane said:
My system is a AMD K6 on a ATX IWill motherboard. Pentium Two equal for
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those who don't understand. Once I installed Windows XP Home my system will
not shut down automatically anymore. It just gives me the "Now it is safe to
turn your computer off" message. I tried to fiddle with the power management
in CMOS but to no awail. Please help.
 
Hi, Guys and Gals,

The older computers usually need an update on the BIOS chip.

If you go into power options and don't see an APM tab, then you need an
upgrade to enable Power management support.

I have updated several computers so that power management will do a normal
shutdown.
The chips are around $20.00 from the manufacturer.
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Why do you have to buy a new chip? Can't you just flash the old one? In
my experience, the shutdown problem on old motherboards is not fixable
by updating the BIOS.

You could try flashing it with the newest BIOS code but you may find
that the .bin file is 3-4 years old. And, it's good practice to only
flash when the update addresses a specific problem you're having. If the
update says nothing about Power Management and WinXP then don't even
bother.

BTW, which motherboard manufacturer sold you a BIOS chip for $20 that
fixed the Power Management problem?

NRJ
 
Hi, Navin,

I purchased the new BIOS chips from Phoenix technologies. I understand they
have now joined with Award software. Now going with the Award name.

The older computers had both kinds of BIOS chips that were either flashable
or not. The ones that were not had to have a new chip installed.

All the one's I changed had the Pentium II processors

Anyhow it gives you something to think about.

Jerry
 
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