Operating system : XP SP1
Hard Drive : SATA Maxtor
Mobo : ABIT N-F7 2.0
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Does it go off if you hold the power button in for 10 seconds
Edited by Mr.Chow, 23 August 2005 - 10:53 AM.
To check for a couple of things, click start, all programmes, accessories, system tools to run disc clean up, then from system tools, run disc defragmenter.
Click start then run, type sfc /scannow then press enter, you need the XP CD and get a blue bar, after the bar goes, reboot.
Click start then run, type chkdsk /f /r then press enter, type Y to confirm for next boot, press enter then reboot.
This will take an hour, it will appear to load normally then either the monitor will show progress or the screen will go blank, do not disturb this.
When it gets to the desktop, the system files and the hard drive will be as they should
*** Ok i went to run and did what youu told me and all i c is ....
Application | Log | Application Error Records | 128.0 Kb
Security | Log | Security Audit Records | 64.0 Kb
System | Log | System Error Records | 448.0 Kb
I dont seem to see any event numbers .....
Maybe the Event Log service is off.
Follow the steps below, to enable it:
Start -> Run.
Type: services.msc.
Press <enter>.
Check if the StartupType of the Event Log Service is Automatic; if not, double-click on it to open its properties dialog, from the StartupType drop-down menu choose Automatic and also click the Start button in the same window to start the service.
Now perform a shutdown and follow the instructions in Post#4 again.
Maybe the Event Log service is off.
Follow the steps below, to enable it:
Start -> Run.
Type: services.msc.
Press <enter>.
Check if the StartupType of the Event Log Service is Automatic; if not, double-click on it to open its properties dialog, from the StartupType drop-down menu choose Automatic and also click the Start button in the same window to start the service.
Now perform a shutdown and follow the instructions in Post#4 again.
Hi Mr chow,
This sounds like a problem i had a few years ago, it was caused by a windows update for my graphics card which was causing a conflict with powering down, so after rolling back the driver to the previous one before the update, did the trick.
Just a thought, have you updated any drivers lately?
best of luck
paul.
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