Hello There,

I have come across two systems.  One has an older Epox Socket 7 mainboard
with an AMD 500MHz CPU, 256MHz RAM, and so forth.  The other system has an
ECS K7S5A ??  mainboard with an 850MHz Duron and 320MB RAM.

The Socket 7 system was working perfectly, other than the CD-Rom drive went
bad.  They replaced it and also did a clean install of Win XP Pro, instead
of Win Me like they used to have.

The other system was a clean install of Win XP.

Each of these have ATX power supplies, so, theoretically when you click on
Start, ShutDown....they should shut off.

Well, that's the problem, they don't.  They rattle around, dance and sing,
then display the message  "It is now safe to turn off your computer"
just like systems used to do with AT power supplies and thus causing the
need to hold in the power button for 5 seconds.

Could somebody please offer a tip?  Connectors on the mainboards each seem
ok.  I suppose I should be looking for a solution in the BIOS?  If that is
the case, then why did each system work fine with other operating systems
installed?  (the ECS had win98SE )

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

David A. Abbe
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