Hi,
        I have a similiar problem with my mobo.  If I hold the power
switch in for about 5 seconds, it turns off just fine.  I think it is a
bios bug, I have a setting to determine whether I have an instant off or
a five second delay, and even with that set to instant I have to hold
the button in.

Donald Gaither

> Maybe someone could help me with this....a few weeks ago I post about
> mounting a motherboard...but I was never getting any video...along
> with
> asking if taking it to my local computer shop and pay $70
> an/hr....well
> it turns out that the motherboard that I bought through the mail and
> being installed over the weekend....they are having problems getting
> it
> to shut down with the front power switch....I then told them to take
> one
> off thier shelves....(it was only $100) anyways....they are having the
> same problems:( Does anybody have a idea waht could going on.....they
> have tested the cpu, memory ( which is brand new) and the video card
> (which only 6 months old) Iam getting rather impatient with this whole
> ordeal...any help would much appractied.
>
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