A while ago I started having a few problems gettimg my computer to turn
off without holding down the power button for 3 secs. It gradually got
worse, but was still ok although would randomly turn itself off every
once in a while. About a month ago I finally got around to switching
out the PS since I figured that was the problem. No luck. About 2
weeks agao I finally got around to making some other hardware changes
and reinstalling windows (on top of it self). It was still turning off
randomly. I went on vacation for a week now that I'm back I can't get
the machine to stay on long enough for windows to finish opening the
items in the startup file (not a whole lot since I'm still installing
stuff). When I say that it is turning off I mean that I'm getting no
video, keyboard, or mouse (the keyboard shortcuts to my KVM won't work
either), but the HD, CD drives, and PS are still on. I do have the cpu
temp monitoring software that came with the MB installed and it has not
given any warning beeps.

The PS, old HD running win, and video have all been replaced, still a
problem. I'm planning on taking out sticks of mem next and seeing if
it will work, any ideas


Was (3.5 year old machine)
Antec True Power 330W
Soyo Dragon Ultra KT 333
Athlon 2000+ (copper heat sink)
2x256MB RAM
DVD drive
CD/RW drive
6GB HD (came on old comp in fall 98, held all windows files)
200GB HD (Maxtor, held all other files)
GeForce 3 Ti 200
Sound, Lan onboard

Now
Ultra 600W PS
Soyo Dragon Ultra KT 333
Athlon 2000+ (copper heat sink)
2x256MB RAM
DVD drive
CD/RW drive
NO 6GB HD
200 GB HD
Chaintech Volari V3 video
Sound, Lan onboard

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


mcshorter@netzero.com wrote:

> A while ago I started having a few problems gettimg my computer to turn
> off without holding down the power button for 3 secs. It gradually got
> worse, but was still ok although would randomly turn itself off every
> once in a while. About a month ago I finally got around to switching
> out the PS since I figured that was the problem. No luck. About 2
> weeks agao I finally got around to making some other hardware changes
> and reinstalling windows (on top of it self). It was still turning off
> randomly. I went on vacation for a week now that I'm back I can't get
> the machine to stay on long enough for windows to finish opening the
> items in the startup file (not a whole lot since I'm still installing
> stuff). When I say that it is turning off I mean that I'm getting no
> video, keyboard, or mouse (the keyboard shortcuts to my KVM won't work
> either), but the HD, CD drives, and PS are still on. I do have the cpu
> temp monitoring software that came with the MB installed and it has not
> given any warning beeps.
>
> The PS, old HD running win, and video have all been replaced, still a
> problem. I'm planning on taking out sticks of mem next and seeing if
> it will work, any ideas
>
>
> Was (3.5 year old machine)
> Antec True Power 330W
> Soyo Dragon Ultra KT 333
> Athlon 2000+ (copper heat sink)
> 2x256MB RAM
> DVD drive
> CD/RW drive
> 6GB HD (came on old comp in fall 98, held all windows files)
> 200GB HD (Maxtor, held all other files)
> GeForce 3 Ti 200
> Sound, Lan onboard
>
> Now
> Ultra 600W PS
> Soyo Dragon Ultra KT 333
> Athlon 2000+ (copper heat sink)
> 2x256MB RAM
> DVD drive
> CD/RW drive
> NO 6GB HD
> 200 GB HD
> Chaintech Volari V3 video
> Sound, Lan onboard
>