P4C800E-Deluxe restarts on shutdown?

[Noozer]

Hey all!

Just wondering if anyone could tell me why my PC suddenly does not shut down
any more. Running Windows XP with all updates. I choose
Start->Shutdown->Shutdown and the machine restarts.

I'd just blame Windows except that when I hold the power button for 5
seconds or so it turns the PC off as it should, but now I can't make it
power on from my PS2 keyboard like I used to. BIOS settings haven't changed
and still are where I've left them.

Any suggestions?

 

[Darkfalz]

Hey all!

Just wondering if anyone could tell me why my PC suddenly does not shut down
any more. Running Windows XP with all updates. I choose
Start->Shutdown->Shutdown and the machine restarts.

I'd just blame Windows except that when I hold the power button for 5
seconds or so it turns the PC off as it should, but now I can't make it
power on from my PS2 keyboard like I used to. BIOS settings haven't changed
and still are where I've left them.

An old Celeron box I have does the same thing. Something wrong with the ATX
features, I assumed it was either the fault of the BIOS/mb or of Windows,
but if it's even happening on that machine, I wonder if it might possibly be
an ATX PSU issue? Try another PSU?

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Hey all!

Just wondering if anyone could tell me why my PC suddenly does not shut down
any more. Running Windows XP with all updates. I choose
Start->Shutdown->Shutdown and the machine restarts.

I'd just blame Windows except that when I hold the power button for 5
seconds or so it turns the PC off as it should, but now I can't make it
power on from my PS2 keyboard like I used to. BIOS settings haven't changed
and still are where I've left them.

Any suggestions?

Some driver (probably) is crashing when asked to shutdown. Turn off the
'restart after error' option (my computer, properties, advanced, startup
& recovery) and you'll get a blue-screen 'suicide note' instead, which
will tell you which errant driver is responsible (hopefully). There are
several known culprits.

 

[Noozer]

Some driver (probably) is crashing when asked to shutdown. Turn off the
'restart after error' option (my computer, properties, advanced, startup
& recovery) and you'll get a blue-screen 'suicide note' instead, which
will tell you which errant driver is responsible (hopefully). There are
several known culprits.

First thing I do when installing Windows is turn that feature off.

Turned out the be the software for my Logitech internet keyboard. Logitech
is too lazy to bother fixing it either.

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

First thing I do when installing Windows is turn that feature off.

Turned out the be the software for my Logitech internet keyboard. Logitech
is too lazy to bother fixing it either.

Yes, that's one of the known culprits. Creative Labs own several of the
others (but I believe they have at least released fixed versions).

 

[scott c.]

If it shuts down/powers off for about 1 - 2, then starts itself up again,
clear cmos.
I noticed my machine was doing this after I was doing a lot of BIOS changes
and saves. In my case, it wasn't a SW issue.