Subject: PC will not shut down completely

  >I am not sure if this is software or hardware related. Perhaps someone =
  >can tell me. I run a WinXP, ver. 2002, SP2 on an AMD Atlon 1.24 GHz with =
  >512 MB memory. About a month ago, I noticed that my speakers started =
  <popping after I shut my comp down. A week or so later, I noticed that I =
  >still heard noise from my comp after it seemed to shut down correctly. I =
  >opened it up, and the fans are still running, and the power light is =
  >flickering. The only way to get the fans off is to cut the electricity =
  >or use the switch at the back of the comp. 

  Thanks for the suggestions, but it did not have any effect. Is there any way to shut the computer down like we used to in Win98, by that I mean that I had to shut it down with the power button, it did not shut down by itself? Lesa

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