PCI ALI Combo USB/Firewire keeps computer from shutdown

**debug** · March 9th, 2006, 04:21 PM

Ali M5271 combo USB/IEEE 1394 (firewire) install in windows
home xp with cd provided drivers -card works ok except when
I try to shutdown the computer on normal shutdown compute restarts itself- another word it shuts down and a few seconds later it reboots itself. I know its the card because when I remove card everything works ok. Any ideas would be helpful - Compac pentium 4 with 512md memory.

**Ferrit** · March 9th, 2006, 09:15 PM

Tried other slots?

**francis77** · January 8th, 2008, 08:37 PM

Did you find the solution to your problem, because I have the same problem.

**NooNoo** · January 9th, 2008, 02:49 AM

Welcome to Windrivers francis77

Rebooting is often a sign of a bad driver or hardware.

What windows are you using?
What make and model of computer?

**francis77** · January 9th, 2008, 01:26 PM

I am using Windows XP SP2 and I have an IBM NetVista Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz. I have installed the Integrated driver from Nvidia, I still have the same problem. I will try other slots too. Thanks for the help.

**NooNoo** · January 9th, 2008, 05:05 PM

If a device has to share an irq, it can be problematic. Changing slot will change the resource requirements and hopefully put things right. Do not use the slot nearest the AGP slot (brown) as the 1st PCI slot shares an irq with the AGP slot in most machines.

**francis77** · January 9th, 2008, 11:18 PM

I think I found the problem, I have had errors writing to my usb key. Thanks for the help.

**NooNoo** · January 10th, 2008, 02:29 AM

can you explain a bit more please Francis? Other people with a similar problem might find it helpful.

**francis77** · January 10th, 2008, 11:53 AM

I have plugged my usb hub to that pci card. Then I plugged my usb key to my hub and tried to write to a file on my usb key. I have received an input/output error, the file did not save correctly.

**NooNoo** · January 11th, 2008, 06:53 AM

Ah right, most usb keys/thumb drives dislike having to operate via an external hub. If you only have rear usb ports, you are better off getting a small extension cable rather than a hub if you don't want to scrabble down the back of your pc each time.

The other useful item (if your motherboard or pci card supports it) is to get some front usb ports which you install in a 3.5" floppy drive bay or a 5.25" CD drive bay. These talk directly to the motherboard so don't have the problem an external usb hub can have.