PC restarts instead of Shutdown

[jag007]

Hi,
Suddenly I am facing with strange issue in my PC.
When I try to shutdown my PC with Win XP it restarts instead of shutdown.
I have to manually cut off power when pc shuts down, otherwise in 1-2 secs it again restarts.
I have used default BIOS, also I formated my PC (C drive with XP) but in vain, problem still persist.
I also disabled "autorestart in case of system failure" but I don't get any BSOD while shuting down.
PC is working fine but only problem is I can not shutdown, when I shutdown pc restarts.
Pls assist.
Any Help in this will be highly appreciated. :awe:
Thanks in advance.
Bregds.........

(My PC config. Intel core2duo 2.93 ghz, Intel DG41WV motherboard,
2GB DDR3 kingston Ram, WD 320 GB HDD)

 

[jojester]

Hmm.. That is unfortunatley a pretty uncommon problem. You might want to try to go into your system setting and find out how to restore defaults if you have accidentally done something.


Depending if u live near a best buy or not, geek squad is a great computer helper resource

 

[BoomerD]

Hmm.. That is unfortunatley a pretty uncommon problem. You might want to try to go into your system setting and find out how to restore defaults if you have accidentally done something.


Depending if u live near a best buy or not, geek squad is a great computer helper resource

Holy shit...I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE recommend Geek Squad.

I don't have XP handy to check where these are at, but you should be able to configure what the power button does. It will give options such as "shut down, hibernate/sleep, reboot."

Somewhere in the control panel IIRC.

There may also be options in your BIOS for power button function.

Edit: Here's a few links that may help:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/articles/5tips.mspx

http://www.timeatlas.com/term_to_le...ng_differences_between_hibernate_and_stand_by

http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-xp/119082-windows-xp-shutdown-button-not-working-properly.html

 

[davexnet]

See here for some troubleshooting tips:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

[C1]

WHILE IN ADMINISTRATOR MODE look in the ADVANCED tab in CONTROL PANEL - POWER OPTIONS to confirm and/or adjust the OS's settings for shutdown.

Also, the system may be shutdown via command line (Shutdown.exe):

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shutcut.php

Nicer to read:
http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-one-click-shutdown-button.htm

If the command line works, then as a temporary measure, just write a batch file executed via shortcut to shutdown until a more desired solution is found/developed.

 

[Lanyap]

Do you have Roxio? Some versions can cause this behavior.

Check the event logs to see if there are any errors during shutdown.

Holy shit...I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE recommend Geek Squad.

Yeah, they will charge you at least $200 for a problem like this and probably make it worse. LOL

 

[denis280]

Default Bios then put xp cd in and (repair) that should do the trick

 

[jag007]

I have already formatted PC and installed XP again,
Also loaded default BIOS,
but still no solution.
Will keep on trying though.
(Do not hv any Roxio software)

 

[HESDog]

This is probably a long shot, but how are you connected to a monitor? I had a PC and when it was connected to a monitor's HDMI input it would do the same thing.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Driver issue is what I've seen most with this problem. When you re-installed, did you use the same drivers?

Does it occur in "Safe Mode"?

Try booting from a Linux "live" cd and see if the problem persists. If it does not, would seem to be a software issue. If it does, likely hardware.

 

[Vinwiesel]

Check the power on options in the Bios. I once had this problem after adding a PCI sound card. There was something to the effect of "wake up by lan" which I changed from Enabled to Disabled and no longer had the problem. It may be one of the other power on options in your case.