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Nickydude
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Posted: 27th Oct 2009 22:11
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I thought you guys might be able to help me here. I've installed Windows 7 (which is great by the way!) and having a little trouble getting the machine to power down when I shut down. Everything goes as it should, it logs of, then says shutting down then the power to the monitor goes but instead of powering down it's as though it's in permanent Sleep mode and I have to keep the on/off switch pressed for 5 seconds to power down.

Do any of you guys have any solutions on how to power down completely?



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jeffhuys
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Posted: 27th Oct 2009 22:15
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It's probably a BIOS "error". Check your bios if there are any settings that may help.

BTW, I always hibernate, much quicker boot and costs no electricity.

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Posted: 27th Oct 2009 22:26
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Quote: "BTW, I always hibernate, much quicker boot and costs no electricity."

Are you for real? As if. :<

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 27th Oct 2009 22:28
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It could be BIOS, drivers, a rogue service refusing to shut down, anything.

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Posted: 27th Oct 2009 22:29 Edited at: 27th Oct 2009 22:31
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Look in power management for any mentions of APM (Advanced Power management) and whether it's on / enabled - it may also provide an explanation for why it's disabled.

It's possible (but unlikely) a missing driver could cause this issue - check all your motherboard components are recognised OK under device manager. If one particular component is flagged with a yellow exclamation mark etc. you may need to track down another driver

Also, this link covers the same kind of thing APM failure (albeit not in Win7) so it's worth reading through its solutions too - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

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Try clicking on the small arrow next to the off button, and selecting Shut Down.

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Nickydude
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Quote: "Try clicking on the small arrow next to the off button, and selecting Shut Down."


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Hey, this is for your benefit!

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A lot of people go straight for that big, juicy on-off button, when in fact the actual shut down button is in a submenu. I still get caught by this when I use my stepmother's Vista desktop.

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Yeah. Windows 7 actually fixed this, hence the reason why the big juicy off button was replaced by a "Shut down" button that worked for me. I only suggested the submenu because Nickydude's has a strange case of failvitus.

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Hibernate mode uses no more electricity than if its shut down completely. And yes, I've noticed the speed differences between Hibernate and Shut Down mode.

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And why not? Hibernation mode makes a file on the root drive, dumps the full contents of RAM into it and then cuts the power. When you next boot up, the file is found and loaded back into RAM, leaving the system in pretty much exactly the same state as when it started.

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Yeah I love hibernate, I can just leave my stuff open and the next day turn on my computer and it'll be back...without sending the electricity bill through the roof.
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D: I never knew about hibernation, I just thought it was like sleep-mode/wake. I tried it out the other day and I tell you, fast as a cheater on steroids. :o

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