a7v133 shutdown

In windows 2000 i have the option so if i press my case power button it turns off my PC. when i do this the pc shuts down it closes all apps, then says windows is sutting down, then turns off. This seems to be missing a part, when i select shut down in the start menu is comes up with saving user settings, i say thi ...

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In windows 2000 i have the option so if i press my case power button it turns off my PC. when i do this the pc shuts down it closes all apps, then says "windows is sutting down", then turns off. This seems to be missing a part, when i select shut down in the start menu is comes up with "saving user settings", i say this is a problem because it doesn't save any icon positions and more importantly it has corrupted my profile a couple of times. As i say everything works fine when i select it from the start menu. I also have problems with hibernation but would like to get this sorted first.
 
Thanks Tom
 
P.S. i have a enermax 330 Watt PSU.

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your pc has a safety feature where if u hit the power button it wont just shut off the power. it is critical these days with the high performance hd's that the readers be "parked" (to use an old term)before they stop spinning. when the computer shuts down after the power button is pressed it instantly stops writing to the hd and parks the head (the reason for the corrupt profiles).
when u shut down normally the os writes it's cached info, clears the memory and parks the head.
 
ps. power managment on a desktop 'puter is only asking for problems. disable in the bios and the os. only have the monitor turn off after a period of time. u will save yourself a lot of headaches

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ok, i understand that but in windows when i press the button, it still shutsdown windows, hard disk activity still continues but windows seems to skip a stage before turning the pc off, is there anyway to fix that?
 
Thanks
 
Tom

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unfortunatly no.
the activity u are hearing is the hd recalibrating it's head position(safety purposes)
the power button is an abnormal shutdown signal from the bios.

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So why have this option in win200 if it was never going to work as the BIOS overridded it?
 
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My BIOS is fully ACPI compliant.

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safety.
true story... a programmer in my department had a 'puter lockup. when he reached for the reset button he hit the power button instead.
the hd stopped dead with the head on the media and scratched it.
say bye bye to 1 ibm 10k rpm scsi hd... back then they were about 650$.
now all my 'puters have that option.