In a message dated 3/22/2001 6:12:32 AM Central Standard Time,
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> At 11:13 PM 3/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm working on a box with an AMD K6-2 450, SIS 530 chipset, Award Bios,
> 6.4 GB
> >HDD, 24 MB Ram.  After finally finding all of the drivers for this
> proprietary
> >box, I tried to "Shut Down".  The computer would not shut down but rather
> >re-start only.  I even gave the 3-finger salute and did "Shut Down" with no
> >success.  Any ideas???  I've never come across this before.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Wiley S. Pinkerton
>

Wiley:
I had solved this problem just yesterday on my PC running Win98se with all
the updates installed. The condition existed for several weeks after I
updated some drivers (I usually leave my PC on all the time). It turned out
to be my Hawking 10/100 NIC card, probably the drivers. I removed the card
and drivers and shutdown worked fine. I changed to Realtek NIC card.

One way to trouble shoot is to try removing the cards and drivers one at a
time, then test. The better way is to remove them all, then add them one at a
time, doing shutdown, standby, restart a couple of times each to test.

BTW, shutdown and ACPI related problems can be a real frustrating problem to
solve. Good Luck.
Blake Renslow

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