[lots2do]

Since upgrading a packard bell machine from win 98 to win 2000 whenever i shut the machine down i get a message saying "IT IS NOW SAFE SWITCH OFF YOUR COMPUTER" the hard drive powers down....but I then have to switch off the computer manually....please can you help me.....

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Hey lots2do,

Welcome to Geeks To GO, my name is Tony.

Just wondering, what exactly are you wanting help with? Some computers do this when shutting down.

Are you wanting your computer to completly power off?

[kd1966]

Did you check the HCL for your hardware and compatibility w/2000?

Your MOBO probably is not ACPI compliant, that's all

[dsenette]

or the acpi stuff is turned off in bios

[Murray S.]

Howdy:

Or you didn't activate "Advanced Power managementy" in Control Panel>Power Options..

Murray

[lots2do]

Tony...... Yes I do want to completely power down

KD1966 .... if my MOBO is not acpi compliant how do I get around this problem ?

Dsenette...APM is enabled in the bios

Murray S...In the CONTROL PANEL > POWER OPTIONS >there is no tab to enable
APM

[gerryf]

odds are that it is not really acpi complient, at least as win2k understands it.

Generally, you will need a bios update to address this

[kd1966]

I would check the manuf. website to see if they have some sort of BIOS/firmware update. Minus that [and since it IS a PackBell, I highly doubt there are any updates] you will either have to "live with it" the way it is, or investigate the option of getting a new MOBO, but that last option has its own issues for an "upgrade" on an existing OS

[Tyger]

Some PBs use fairly standard motherboards, so you might check with the MB maker. What model is it?