Re-starts Instead of Shutting Down

[cliffboy]

Some of you might have experienced this but this the first time for me.

I'm workin' on a PIII 800 MHz - based PC with Win98 SE.
The mobo is an ASUS with SiS chipsets and on-board video. Now the problem is, instead of shutting down, it re-starts. I ran it in safe mode, and then the same thing happens. It doesn't shutdown. And that is even if I END TASK everything except Explorer and Systray. What I do currently to shut it
down safely is to press the power button when the monitor goes blank, before you get to see the POST UP during the re-start cycle. What could be the problem?

[mike breck]

See if this helps

http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

I would also disable Power Management in the BIOS plus any Wake_On events that might be enabled.

Disable APM would be worth a try as well.

Try clearing the BIOS and a different PSU.

Nics have been known to cause quite a few shutdown problems.

You might also want to try shutting down with minimal hardware and then adding one device back at a time.

HTH

[cliffboy]

Thanks, Mike. I'll be trying all these...

[topnode]

Please let us know how it goes cliffboy. thanks

[cliffboy]

topnode... I think you are Potdone. Ha... ha... ha... gotcha!

[topnode]

wow, VERY insightful cliffboy! .... heheheheh