p3 atx PC acts like an AT

[Musashi]

Hi
I put together a PC using an old ASUS P3B ATX mobo
with Win2000.
Everything is fine, but on shut off, it won't automatically
shut down like an ATX mcahine.
Instead I get an "It is safe to shut off your PC" AT like
message and I have to hit the power switch.
I have never seen this before. Can I resolve this??
Thanks

 

[BigJim]

go into the bios and look for PNP operating system and set it to yes or
enabled.

 

[JAD]

I have a p3v4x that did this since I had built it. Just a week ago I
reformatted a SCSI drive and instead of setting it as a primary dos
partition I made it extended...Tada, shut off like it should have.

This can because by power saving settings, what you have set the 'switch'
to...soft off - standby - off, drivers for NICs that have 'wake on' ring-LAN
etc.or just about anything.

 

[JAD]

I have a p3v4x that did this since I had built it. Just a week ago I
reformatted a SCSI drive and instead of setting it as a primary dos
partition I made it extended...Tada, shut off like it should have.

This can because by power saving settings, what you have set the

'switch'
//////// can be caused by power saving settings, /////////

 

[Bob Knowlden]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810903

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer

I got something like that in an XP installation when I didn't have ACPI
turned on in the mainboard's BIOS during the installation.


Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[Conor]

Hi
I put together a PC using an old ASUS P3B ATX mobo
with Win2000.
Everything is fine, but on shut off, it won't automatically
shut down like an ATX mcahine.
Instead I get an "It is safe to shut off your PC" AT like
message and I have to hit the power switch.
I have never seen this before. Can I resolve this??
Thanks

Yup...

Control Panel, Power Managment, APM, tick enable APM box.

 

[Musashi]

Yup...

Control Panel, Power Managment, APM, tick enable APM box.

That was it, Thanks Very Much.