upgrade to xp and machine doesnt turn off :(

i had win 98 on a machine and when i shut it down it turned puter off as well but now i have upgraded to xp i have to press the power button to turn if off?!!?!?!?! any ideas why !! thanks

Everything New Technology 1823 This topic was started by Radioactive Frog, 2004-01-22 10:23

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Radioactive Frog

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#121403

2004-01-22 11:23

i had win 98 on a machine and when i shut it down it turned puter off as well but now i have upgraded to xp i have to press the power button to turn if off?!!?!?!?! any ideas why !!

thanks

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tsonta101

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#121404

2004-01-22 12:20

Look at your Power Options in your Control Panel. If I am guessing correctly, there should be an APM tab, with an option to enable the Advanced Power Management. Tick it, restart and now your machine should shut down correctly.

Radioactive Frog

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#121405

2004-01-22 15:08

hmmmm i dont seem to have that tab

Brian Frank

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#121406

2004-01-22 18:09

Did you do a clean install or just upgraded to XP over 98? If it's the latter, that may be the problem.

jmmijo

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#121407

2004-01-22 19:47

I agree, I always back up data then flatline the HD and do a clean install regardless of the OS

The reason is the upgrade can leave remnants of the old OS and this can cause stability problems and other issues.

Jerry Atrik

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#121408

2004-01-22 21:25

if i remember correctly the 98-xp upgrade screwed with the acpi. i dont remember seeing a fix other than a clean instal

duhmez

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#121409

2004-01-23 08:48

Warning: this may hose your machine but probably won't.

Make sure ACPI is enabled. (Check mobo manual see if it has ACPI and or enable ACPI in bios if it is currently disabled)
if you have acpi enabled you can do this to enable it.

Goto device manager>computer> standard pc
Upgrade the driver to "acpi uniprocessor pc" and reboot. Reboot and windows will freak out and find all of your drivers again, and most llikely all will be well.

Radioactive Frog

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#121410

2004-01-23 17:04

great thanks i will give these things a try and see what happens!

Sepster

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#121411

2004-08-24 12:11

Dude... better late than never....

When installing XP (fresh), installation detects ACPI functionality of the mobo/bios.

I understand that XP/2000 is a lot fussier about ACPI compliance than win98 ever was, so if not FULLY compliant, may get installed as a "Standard PC" HAL instead of ACPI HAL.

To check, under device manager, computer, yours probably says "Standard PC, not "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC"....

If so... bugger... you need to reinstall.

When install starts, and the message "Press F6 if you have a third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears, press F5... that's right, F5....not F6...

Choose a different HAL - you're after the ACPI one. Don't be duped by the menu that looks like you've only got two options... keep scrolling down and you'll see the one you're after.

Hope this helps and isn't too late!

Note - refer MS KB article 299340 for full detail.

Cheers,
Ben.