PC Most Haunted

[Stephen]

Hi
My PC generally runs reasonable well. I run lots of Antivirus scans,
Antispyware, Registry checker, firewall etc.

Last week, however, I unplugged it after a normal shutdown. Since then
whenever it shuts down (normally) it restarts again after 15 to 30 seconds
by itself!
All options to awake on LAN, keyboard, modem etc are disabled in BIOS and
always have been.
Furthermore after putting the plug back in and pushing start button there is
absolutely no response at all - until it fires up around 2 mins later!
Any ideas as to what's happening here or do I need an exorcism?

WinXP Pro, Gigabyte 939 Motherboard, AMD 3500+ chip, 1Gb Ram

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Glen]

It sound more like a switch problem. Not an XP problem.