The power button has never been able to do a proper shutdown in any Win OS I have ever seen. You always have to use the start/shutdown sequence. >Hello All, >I have an older Gateway Solo 9300 notebook running Win 98 SE. It became >cluttered and unstable and I formatted and reloaded Win 98 se. I used the >restore cd to install all the original drivers. My problem is not the usual >shutdown problem. Its the function of the power off button. It used to >invoke a proper Windows shutdown. Now I momentarily hit the button and its >lights out, with no proper shutdown. Previously I had to hold the button for >5 seconds for that type of 'emergency' shutdown. Start - Shutdown works fine >and automatically kills power. I'd like to get the button working again. Its >not a big deal, but nobody even believes me that the power button functioned >this way. If I re-define the power button in cmos to do a suspend, that >works and puts the system to sleep when I hit the button. I contacted >Gateway and they have no knowledge of the power button doing a proper >shutdown. They say I must use start-shutdown. I guess I must have been >dreaming for the past 4 years. I thought it was part of APM or ACPI or >something like that. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. -Nick > > __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml