Gigabyte GA7DPXDW-P, latest bios
Windows 2000 SP2
LSI 53C1030 SCSI HDA
 
All motherboard drivers installed.
 
 
I thought that it might be a good idea to "wipe"
the pagefile before shuttingdown or restarting, so
I enabled the following:
 
 
Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy >
Local Policies > Security Options > Clear
virtual memory pagefile when system shutsdown
 
 
I found that this took longer to do than I would suffer,
so I disabled it. That's when the problem occured.
 
When doing a shutdown or restart, the system just "sits"
after the message "Windows is shutting down." The hardrive
becomes active for a second or so, then...it just
hangs there. I need to press the reset button.
 
I removed the AGP, PCI bridge and IDE busmaster drivers and
reinstalled just the AGP and PCI bridge drivers. No joy.
 
 
Open to suggestions.