plz HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP !!

xpmadness · Nov 18, 2002, 12:48 AM

hi all..

i've an old gigabyte MB (GA-60XT) and PIII 1.2 cpu,nvidia TNT2 vga, 256 SDRAM

after installing winXP my PC can't make turn off it restarts instead !!
(disconnects power for a second and resuming it again)

is there any problem with my hardware ??
or this is a software matter ??

anyway thank u for reading this and i hope any one can solve my problem

MikeDaMan · Nov 18, 2002, 01:09 AM

My guess is that your BIOS is not new enough for Windows XP. Go here http://tw.giga-byte.com/support/support.htm and download the newest BIOS and install that. Just make sure you read up on flashing your BIOS if you're new to this. Good luck.

reno · Nov 18, 2002, 01:10 AM

Make sure you don't tweak any weird settings, such things will cause errors such as these. Make sure your "killapptimeout" flag in your registry is about 5 seconds (or 5000 milliseconds). Um...I need to know a few more specifics before I can help you further. What programs are installed? Have you run any tweak programs? What revision of chipset and display drivers are you using? Is anything overclocked?

Rayder · Nov 18, 2002, 05:15 AM

I'm not familiar with that particular motherboard, but if it has an option in BIOS called something like "state after power failure", make sure it's set to "off". We had a similar issue where powering down the system would shut it down, but then it would just turn back on and boot-up. That option was the problem.

Hope that helps ya!

xpmadness · Nov 18, 2002, 08:35 PM

hi all.
first of all i must thank u for ur cooperation...
but i had tried all these things u told me

and it still can't make it

and for reno... if u wanna any other details of my configuration plz tell me

thank u again and i hope we can make it together

byeeeeeeeeee

Necrosis · Nov 18, 2002, 10:43 PM

Disable Advanced Power Management.

One of the Twelve · Nov 21, 2002, 06:38 AM

try the following: borrow another display adapter from your friend, radeon or voodoo or anything, but no Nvidia. Install XP with that card. After installing, replace the card with your TNT2. Believe me or not, but this is not the first time I've faced this problem. This is how we solved it last time. One of the previous times was when I tried to make a kind of "ultra-kustom" XP-CD... integrated SP without activation, but that's another story...

merry · Nov 21, 2002, 08:58 AM

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

reno · Nov 21, 2002, 03:46 PM

Man...I'm trying to remember, there was some setting that I tweaked in Win98se that did the same thing to me...argh...I think you have to enable Advanced Power Management, I tried to turn it off and it would never shut down my PC...I THINK that's it...hmm...could have been the opposite!

Nov 18, 2002, 12:48 AM	#1
xpmadness DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	plz HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP !! hi all.. i've an old gigabyte MB (GA-60XT) and PIII 1.2 cpu,nvidia TNT2 vga, 256 SDRAM after installing winXP my PC can't make turn off it restarts instead !! (disconnects power for a second and resuming it again) is there any problem with my hardware ?? or this is a software matter ?? anyway thank u for reading this and i hope any one can solve my problem

Nov 18, 2002, 01:09 AM	#2
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	My guess is that your BIOS is not new enough for Windows XP. Go here http://tw.giga-byte.com/support/support.htm and download the newest BIOS and install that. Just make sure you read up on flashing your BIOS if you're new to this. Good luck. __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Nov 18, 2002, 01:10 AM	#3
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	gfds Make sure you don't tweak any weird settings, such things will cause errors such as these. Make sure your "killapptimeout" flag in your registry is about 5 seconds (or 5000 milliseconds). Um...I need to know a few more specifics before I can help you further. What programs are installed? Have you run any tweak programs? What revision of chipset and display drivers are you using? Is anything overclocked?

Nov 21, 2002, 06:38 AM	#7
One of the Twelve DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Kold North Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	a tip which might work try the following: borrow another display adapter from your friend, radeon or voodoo or anything, but no Nvidia. Install XP with that card. After installing, replace the card with your TNT2. Believe me or not, but this is not the first time I've faced this problem. This is how we solved it last time. One of the previous times was when I tried to make a kind of "ultra-kustom" XP-CD... integrated SP without activation, but that's another story... __________________

Nov 21, 2002, 08:58 AM	#8
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	http://www.aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Nov 18, 2002, 05:15 AM	#4
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	I'm not familiar with that particular motherboard, but if it has an option in BIOS called something like "state after power failure", make sure it's set to "off". We had a similar issue where powering down the system would shut it down, but then it would just turn back on and boot-up. That option was the problem. Hope that helps ya!

Nov 18, 2002, 08:35 PM	Thread Starter #5
xpmadness DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	hi all. first of all i must thank u for ur cooperation... but i had tried all these things u told me and it still can't make it and for reno... if u wanna any other details of my configuration plz tell me thank u again and i hope we can make it together byeeeeeeeeee

Nov 18, 2002, 10:43 PM	#6
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Disable Advanced Power Management.

Nov 21, 2002, 03:46 PM	#9
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	fd Man...I'm trying to remember, there was some setting that I tweaked in Win98se that did the same thing to me...argh...I think you have to enable Advanced Power Management, I tried to turn it off and it would never shut down my PC...I THINK that's it...hmm...could have been the opposite!