PC Won't Power Down/XP will not completely shut down - Solution
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Posted by Thomas Chatfield on July 28, 2008, 1:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options failed me. I could not find any solutions online but after 2 days of research, I finally found the solution and thought I would offer it (and circumstances behind my issue) for those who might encounter the same issue. My Upgrade: New Gigabyte S-Series Mobo (GA-EP35-DS3L) New Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 3GHz New 4GB G-Skill RAM New 650GB WD SATA HDD New GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card The only things kept original where the two DVD-Rs, 160GB WD SATA HDD, CoolerMaster ATX case and 500watt Norwood Micro Power Supply Unit (PSU). During the initial install of the mobo, cpu, RAM and graphics card, there were no issues. No issues after installing Win XP Pro, SP3. I needed to get data off two other HDDs. At some point, and I'm not sure exactly where, but when I would shut down, the PC would shut down and the screen would turn off. But within a second, the power light, mobo light and fans came on. But the PC did not reboot. The only way to turn off the PC was with the power switch on the PSU. I was thinking this could be an issue with my ACPI power mgmt. But I did not make any changes so that perplexed me. I reset the CMOS to factory settings. That did not resolve the issue. I noticed 5 lights on my mobo were lit upon shutdown. According to Gigabyte manual, it says my CPU is overheating. This makes no sense since the CPU monitor safety is set to shut down before overheating and the CPU monitor displays a temp of 30c. I searched for days on "XP won't completely shutdown". I now realize that I was chasing a symptom and not the problem. Thinking the PC might be overheating, I shut if off for hours (power switch on the PSU). When I turned the power back on, the power light, fans, etc. came back on. That got me thinking: At this point, the OS is not even running. How can this be the cause of my problem. It must be with the mobo. Man, I hope my new mobo did not die. Then I read one last volley of "my system won't shut down" and the very last post said he had a similar issue and it was the PSU. I decided to pull another PSU out of a working PC and give it a try. Sure enough, it worked fine. So, long story short, my PSU crapped out on me. What a PITA. Hopefully, none of you will have to experience this issue. -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by UCLAN on July 28, 2008, 2:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options Chances are that the +5v standby circuit failed, and the voltage could not maintain a Logic 1 level. A simple check of this with a DVM at the start might have eliminated your nightmare completely. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Thomas Chatfield on July 28, 2008, 2:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options UCLAN wrote:
> Thomas Chatfield wrote:
> > > I ran into the following issue while upgrading an older PC that
> > finally failed me. I could not find any solutions online but after > > 2 days of research, I finally found the solution and thought I > > would offer it (and circumstances behind my issue) for those who > > might encounter the same issue. > > > > My Upgrade: > > New Gigabyte S-Series Mobo (GA-EP35-DS3L) > > New Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 3GHz > > New 4GB G-Skill RAM > > New 650GB WD SATA HDD > > New GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card > > > > The only things kept original where the two DVD-Rs, 160GB WD SATA > > HDD, CoolerMaster ATX case and 500watt Norwood Micro Power Supply > > Unit (PSU). > > > > During the initial install of the mobo, cpu, RAM and graphics card, > > there were no issues. No issues after installing Win XP Pro, SP3. I > > needed to get data off two other HDDs. At some point, and I'm not > > sure exactly where, but when I would shut down, the PC would shut > > down and the screen would turn off. But within a second, the power > > light, mobo light and fans came on. But the PC did not reboot. The > > only way to turn off the PC was with the power switch on the PSU. > > I was thinking this could be an issue with my ACPI power mgmt. But > > I did not make any changes so that perplexed me. I reset the CMOS > > to factory settings. That did not resolve the issue. I noticed 5 > > lights on my mobo were lit upon shutdown. According to Gigabyte > > manual, it says my CPU is overheating. This makes no sense since > > the CPU monitor safety is set to shut down before overheating and > > the CPU monitor displays a temp of 30c. > > > > I searched for days on "XP won't completely shutdown". I now realize > > that I was chasing a symptom and not the problem. Thinking the PC > > might be overheating, I shut if off for hours (power switch on the > > PSU). When I turned the power back on, the power light, fans, etc. > > came back on. That got me thinking: At this point, the OS is not > > even running. How can this be the cause of my problem. It must be > > with the mobo. Man, I hope my new mobo did not die. Then I read > > one last volley of "my system won't shut down" and the very last > > post said he had a similar issue and it was the PSU. I decided to > > pull another PSU out of a working PC and give it a try. Sure > > enough, it worked fine. So, long story short, my PSU crapped out on > > me. What a PITA. Hopefully, none of you will have to experience > > this issue. >
> Chances are that the +5v standby circuit failed, and the voltage > could not maintain a Logic 1 level. A simple check of this with a DVM > at the start might have eliminated your nightmare completely. I'm not sure I would have (or many others) figured that out in the beginning. With the thousands of messages I poured over, none looked in that direction. At any rate, how can this be checked? I have a digital multimeter. Would that be the Soft (on/off) or Standby on the main power connector? -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Thomas Chatfield on July 28, 2008, 3:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thomas Chatfield wrote:
> UCLAN wrote:
> > > Thomas Chatfield wrote:
> > > > > I ran into the following issue while upgrading an older PC that
> > > finally failed me. I could not find any solutions online but > > > after 2 days of research, I finally found the solution and > > > thought I would offer it (and circumstances behind my issue) for > > > those who might encounter the same issue. > > > > > > My Upgrade: > > > New Gigabyte S-Series Mobo (GA-EP35-DS3L) > > > New Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 3GHz > > > New 4GB G-Skill RAM > > > New 650GB WD SATA HDD > > > New GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card > > > > > > The only things kept original where the two DVD-Rs, 160GB WD SATA > > > HDD, CoolerMaster ATX case and 500watt Norwood Micro Power Supply > > > Unit (PSU). > > > > > > During the initial install of the mobo, cpu, RAM and graphics > > > card, there were no issues. No issues after installing Win XP > > > Pro, SP3. I needed to get data off two other HDDs. At some > > > point, and I'm not sure exactly where, but when I would shut > > > down, the PC would shut down and the screen would turn off. But > > > within a second, the power light, mobo light and fans came on. > > > But the PC did not reboot. The only way to turn off the PC was > > > with the power switch on the PSU. I was thinking this could be > > > an issue with my ACPI power mgmt. But I did not make any changes > > > so that perplexed me. I reset the CMOS to factory settings. That > > > did not resolve the issue. I noticed 5 lights on my mobo were > > > lit upon shutdown. According to Gigabyte manual, it says my CPU > > > is overheating. This makes no sense since the CPU monitor safety > > > is set to shut down before overheating and the CPU monitor > > > displays a temp of 30c. > > > > > > I searched for days on "XP won't completely shutdown". I now > > > realize that I was chasing a symptom and not the problem. > > > Thinking the PC might be overheating, I shut if off for hours > > > (power switch on the PSU). When I turned the power back on, the > > > power light, fans, etc. came back on. That got me thinking: At > > > this point, the OS is not even running. How can this be the > > > cause of my problem. It must be with the mobo. Man, I hope my new > > > mobo did not die. Then I read one last volley of "my system > > > won't shut down" and the very last post said he had a similar > > > issue and it was the PSU. I decided to pull another PSU out of a > > > working PC and give it a try. Sure enough, it worked fine. So, > > > long story short, my PSU crapped out on me. What a PITA. > > > Hopefully, none of you will have to experience this issue. > >
> > Chances are that the +5v standby circuit failed, and the voltage > > could not maintain a Logic 1 level. A simple check of this with a > > DVM at the start might have eliminated your nightmare completely. >
> I'm not sure I would have (or many others) figured that out in the > beginning. With the thousands of messages I poured over, none looked > in that direction. At any rate, how can this be checked? I have a > digital multimeter. Would that be the Soft (on/off) or Standby on the > main power connector? Sorry, I just saw in your message header - Standby. I'm going to check. Although, I already have a new PSU on the way. -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on July 28, 2008, 5:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options On 28 Jul 2008 18:57:28 GMT, "Thomas Chatfield" <> wrote:
>> Chances are that the +5v standby circuit failed, and the voltage
>> could not maintain a Logic 1 level. A simple check of this with a DVM >> at the start might have eliminated your nightmare completely. >
>I'm not sure I would have (or many others) figured that out in the >beginning. With the thousands of messages I poured over, none looked in >that direction. At any rate, how can this be checked? I have a digital >multimeter. Would that be the Soft (on/off) or Standby on the main >power connector? A multimeter won't always find a fault or inadequacy in the 5VSB circuit, sometimes an oscope would be needed. Basically, the seemingly poor quality of the generic power supply is the most likely problem, it wore out too fast because of that or certain internal component tolerances were exceeded to cause some failure though to an extent that is the same as wearing out for the intended application. The PSU ought to be replaced even if it isn't the direct cause of the immediate problem. Hopefully you have replaced it with a major branded, known good quality 400W or higher model. Given the gaming video card and multiple hard drives, a 500W+ model would be more appropriate while the original generic was probably worth closer to 300W, even less sustainably, regardless of it's optimistic labeling. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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> failed me. I could not find any solutions online but after 2 days of
> research, I finally found the solution and thought I would offer it
> (and circumstances behind my issue) for those who might encounter the
> same issue.
>
> My Upgrade:
> New Gigabyte S-Series Mobo (GA-EP35-DS3L)
> New Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 3GHz
> New 4GB G-Skill RAM
> New 650GB WD SATA HDD
> New GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card
>
> The only things kept original where the two DVD-Rs, 160GB WD SATA HDD,
> CoolerMaster ATX case and 500watt Norwood Micro Power Supply Unit
> (PSU).
>
> During the initial install of the mobo, cpu, RAM and graphics card,
> there were no issues. No issues after installing Win XP Pro, SP3. I
> needed to get data off two other HDDs. At some point, and I'm not sure
> exactly where, but when I would shut down, the PC would shut down and
> the screen would turn off. But within a second, the power light, mobo
> light and fans came on. But the PC did not reboot. The only way to
> turn off the PC was with the power switch on the PSU. I was thinking
> this could be an issue with my ACPI power mgmt. But I did not make any
> changes so that perplexed me. I reset the CMOS to factory settings.
> That did not resolve the issue. I noticed 5 lights on my mobo were lit
> upon shutdown. According to Gigabyte manual, it says my CPU is
> overheating. This makes no sense since the CPU monitor safety is set
> to shut down before overheating and the CPU monitor displays a temp of
> 30c.
>
> I searched for days on "XP won't completely shutdown". I now realize
> that I was chasing a symptom and not the problem. Thinking the PC
> might be overheating, I shut if off for hours (power switch on the
> PSU). When I turned the power back on, the power light, fans, etc. came
> back on. That got me thinking: At this point, the OS is not even
> running. How can this be the cause of my problem. It must be with the
> mobo. Man, I hope my new mobo did not die. Then I read one last volley
> of "my system won't shut down" and the very last post said he had a
> similar issue and it was the PSU. I decided to pull another PSU out of
> a working PC and give it a try. Sure enough, it worked fine. So, long
> story short, my PSU crapped out on me. What a PITA. Hopefully, none of
> you will have to experience this issue.