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Posted by mm on April 5, 2008, 12:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options the case. I assembled my own computer from parts a friend gave me when he upgraded, and bought my own cheap case, but almost everything seems to work. I have an ASUS mobo, A7M266. and I'm running win98SE. Under Power Management/Advanced, i have "When I press the power button on my somputer: SHUTDOWN". (Sleep is the only other choice, but it doesn't sleep either when I press it. Nothing happens.) The only thing I don't understand is the on/off switch! It must work, because I turn off the UPS every night, and after I turn on the UPS the next day, I need to push the on/off button for the computer to start up, and it does, every time. But sometimes I want to turn the computer off with the same button, and nothing happens. I've tried pushing it normally, pushing it quickly, and i've tried holding it down for a few seconds. I think maybe it worked a couple times a couple years ago, but I'm not even sure about that anymore. How do they work??!! Thanks If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Michael Hawes on April 5, 2008, 4:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options Google 'Win 98 shutdown problem', you'll get plenty of hits. Mike. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by mm on April 5, 2008, 5:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:14:19 +0100, "Michael Hawes"
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>> Hi, I can't get my computer to turn off, using the on/off button on
>> the case. >> >> I assembled my own computer from parts a friend gave me when he >> upgraded, and bought my own cheap case, but almost everything seems to >> work. >> >> I have an ASUS mobo, A7M266. and I'm running win98SE. Under Power >> Management/Advanced, i have "When I press the power button on my >> somputer: SHUTDOWN". (Sleep is the only other choice, but it doesn't >> sleep either when I press it. Nothing happens.) >> >> The only thing I don't understand is the on/off switch! It must work, >> because I turn off the UPS every night, and after I turn on the UPS >> the next day, I need to push the on/off button for the computer to >> start up, and it does, every time. >> >> But sometimes I want to turn the computer off with the same button, >> and nothing happens. I've tried pushing it normally, pushing it >> quickly, and i've tried holding it down for a few seconds. >> >> I think maybe it worked a couple times a couple years ago, but I'm not >> even sure about that anymore. >> >> How do they work??!! >> >> Thanks >> > What happens if you go to the Start button and select 'Turn Off'?
If I go to the Win98 options, which are Start button/Shut Down/Shut Down, it shuts down fine, including the PC fans, and doesn't restart. >Google 'Win 98 shutdown problem', you'll get plenty of hits.
It's not a win98 problem. It's a hardware question, and maybe a hardware problem. That's why I came to a hardware ng. I want to be able to shut the computer down with the On/Off switch when the computer is frozen, or when I'm in native DOS. I thougght the On/Off switch would turn the computer off, but it only turns it on. > Mike.
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Posted by DevilsPGD on April 5, 2008, 5:25 pm
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>It's not a win98 problem. It's a hardware question, and maybe a
>hardware problem. That's why I came to a hardware ng. I want to be >able to shut the computer down with the On/Off switch when the >computer is frozen, or when I'm in native DOS. I thougght the On/Off >switch would turn the computer off, but it only turns it on. Modern computers use an ACPI event to allow the OS to trap the power button and initiate a graceful shutdown (if the OS monitors said ACPI event) Press and hold the button for several seconds to force a hardware shutdown. Many BIOSes can be configured to use a delay (which allows the OS to trap the event) or not (which forces an instant power off) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by mm on April 6, 2008, 3:38 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:25:26 -0600, DevilsPGD
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>>It's not a win98 problem. It's a hardware question, and maybe a
>>hardware problem. That's why I came to a hardware ng. I want to be >>able to shut the computer down with the On/Off switch when the >>computer is frozen, or when I'm in native DOS. I thougght the On/Off >>switch would turn the computer off, but it only turns it on. >
>Modern computers use an ACPI event to allow the OS to trap the power >button and initiate a graceful shutdown (if the OS monitors said ACPI >event) > >Press and hold the button for several seconds to force a hardware >shutdown. I had tried that, but maybe only for 3 seconds and not four. After I read what you have here, I held it down for what I counted off as 5 or 6. >Many BIOSes can be configured to use a delay (which allows the OS to
>trap the event) or not (which forces an instant power off) Then I looked in the Bios and yeah, I had chosen Standby as the option for holding the button for less than 4 seconds (but that did nothing maybe because Standby is disabled on this computer. I have to check.) And "soft off" or maybe "soft shutdown" for more than 4 seconds (read that more than 6 seconds). The second time period only had this one possibility. I changed the first 4 seconds to make it "soft off" too, and I guess you and Michael and Kony and Steve solved my problem. Thanks to you all. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) | |||||||||||||||||||
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> the case.
>
> I assembled my own computer from parts a friend gave me when he
> upgraded, and bought my own cheap case, but almost everything seems to
> work.
>
> I have an ASUS mobo, A7M266. and I'm running win98SE. Under Power
> Management/Advanced, i have "When I press the power button on my
> somputer: SHUTDOWN". (Sleep is the only other choice, but it doesn't
> sleep either when I press it. Nothing happens.)
>
> The only thing I don't understand is the on/off switch! It must work,
> because I turn off the UPS every night, and after I turn on the UPS
> the next day, I need to push the on/off button for the computer to
> start up, and it does, every time.
>
> But sometimes I want to turn the computer off with the same button,
> and nothing happens. I've tried pushing it normally, pushing it
> quickly, and i've tried holding it down for a few seconds.
>
> I think maybe it worked a couple times a couple years ago, but I'm not
> even sure about that anymore.
>
> How do they work??!!
>
> Thanks
>
> If you are inclined to email me
> for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
>