EMachine and Shutdown

[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

I've got this emachine, that when you select shutdown, it will do a restart. Just before it does the shutdown, it will rapidly beep 3 times, then automatically restart.
I've installed the shutdown supplement, and it does the same thing.
I can not get it to shutdown, without turning the power off.

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[Green Iguana]

Try changing the memory.
Also try different PSU.

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[This message has been edited by Green Iguana (edited January 15, 2001).]

[Darren Wilson]

Try disabling ALL power management settings in the BIOS.

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[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

I've changed the memory and PSU
The Power Management had already been disabled, as I set that up on all my machines I work on.
Still the same thing, it won't shutdown, it just reboots.

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An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

[Green Iguana]

Check out the Micro$oft KB shutdown problems:

http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q238/0/96.ASP



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It's a dog eat dog world out there, and there isn't enough dog to go around. So get as much dog as you can, before all the dogs gone.

[Green Iguana]

Also did you try disabling the fast shutdown registry key?

[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

Thanks for the KB
I did disable the fast shutdown key also. (No Go)
I'll check out some of the ideas in the KB you sent.

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An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

[tracker]

Sounds a lot like it's doing what a laptop does - go into that suspend to disk sleep stuff ...

Could be a bad motherboard too - I just had one of those Intel CC820's that has the memory hardware problem - did sort of the same thing - would shut down windows, i'd hear the p/s kick off - but, then it'd power back up (and, of course, not boot).

Willing to wager it's the mainboard though.

Craig

[iccrmman]

This may sound dumb, but check that the plug to the power switch is not upside down. I installed a cd-r on my etower, put the plug in upside down, and had a similar problem (had to unplug it from the ps). If the green led is lit, then it is plugged in right.


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[Grendel]

Try a different Keyboard. Iknow that shouldn't have anything to do with it but I worked on an E-Machine that was doing the very same thing.

[Hippie_Techs]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Grendel:
Try a different Keyboard. Iknow that shouldn't have anything to do with it but I worked on an E-Machine that was doing the very same thing.</font>

I would very much like to thank you Grendel. We had an E-Machine in our store with the problem mentioned, only we couldn't get the problem to repeat itself in the store ( we used a store keyboard and mouse ). When we went on-site, the problem was evident. We tested their outlets, tried a different surge suppressor, and multiple software "fixes". All to no avail. I am glad to say that this simple answer was the right one. Thank You.