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PC CANN'T SHUT OFF

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by m_grande Jun 20, 2001 last reply Sep 23, 2001 1 view

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whats expected when a pc is hung??i mean it freezes and the power switch does not shut off .?it shuts off only by pulling out the power cord.

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by krunch Jun 20, 2001

To turn the pc off all you have to do is hold the power switch in for 3 to 8 seconds and it should go down.

by m_grande Jun 25, 2001

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by islander Jun 20, 2001

Try reseeding the cable from the power button to the motherboard. If that doesn't work the power button itself may be sticky or stuck, go inside and have a look at that. Hope this helps.

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by markchen Jun 20, 2001

If you are running Windows 98 second edition, you can download the Shutdown supplement from Microsoft.

Sometimes it might be a USB device that's causing it not to shutdown right.

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by csmith Jun 20, 2001

These symptoms are caused by a program crashing after it has disabled the interrupts.
There are many causes of this problem.
There is not enough space allowed here, to go into all of them.
They can be hardware or software problems.
The way to separate them.
If it always freezes at the same point, regardless of the program load order, its software.
If it freezes at the same point, with the same load order, check memory first.
If it freezes very randomly, start by checking the power supply.
Regards, Chris

by m_grande Sep 23, 2001

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by jmatt Jun 20, 2001

Step by step here .
http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm

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by dmowatt Jun 25, 2001

It depends on when it is hanging and why but you may want to check the Power Management in the Control Panel. I recommend setting the hard drive and/or system standby to Never.

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by gonzo2 Jul 19, 2001

Go into the Task Manager and remove all non essential running tasks.
Try to shut down - if successful, back up a little and just shut down half of the non-essential tasks before trying to shut down. Repeat until the offending task that is hanging the shutdown procedure is identified.
If not successful- check for network shares not closed.
Microsoft has a number of reasons why Win will not shut down - they also supply a patch to remedy some shutdown issues. I have found that it varies from machine to machine - no one solution - your mileage may vary...
Do look up the running tasks and be brutal about the ones you do not need running - keep it clean. Use msconfig to tidy up. This is a very worthwhile app to run.