Can't get XP to shut down properly

[babylon5guy]

Hi,
After Updating a Abit BX6 v2.0 mobo with an PIII 800 processor with some new hardware and installing XP Home, I shut it off and I get the screen

It is now safe to shut your computer

On about a dozen installs of XP I have never had this problem! I've been playing around in the BIOS under power management, but nothing I do seems to correct this. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? By the way if you haven't guessed I want it to turn the PC off automatically I guess I wasn't too clear on that.
TIA

[newme]

do you have the latest bios update,you can go into device manager,system devices and see if it has listed as standard pc in system tree also check control panel>performance and maintenence>power options see if there is APM tab in the Power Options Properties dialog box

[mike breck]

Go into the BIOS and make sure that any options to enable ACPI or APM are enabled.

If you have a icon for APM in the Control Panel then tick the Enable Advanced Power Management Support check box, and then click OK.

Does your manual say the mobo supports ACPI?

[babylon5guy]

Thanks newme and Mike I'll check out the control panel, ACPI and ARM are enabled in the BIOS. As far as I know the mobo supports ACPI but I'll check it out when I get home, I imagine it does as it offers you the option of enabling or disenabling it in the BIOS.

[Cricket]

Check here.

Cricket

[babylon5guy]

Thanks Cricket, lot of information there, maybe I can figure out what it is. I still have to try the other things suggested here.

[babylon5guy]

Thanks newme and mike breck the control panel thing worked! And Cricket I bookmarked that site you gave me it has a lot of good info.