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by milesrrs

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Hi
i have a M715 motherboard, that i have been using with a standard at type power supply, i have just installed an ATX supply. I used the reset swith to attach to a jumper on the motherboard for soft power on.
But when i select shutdown in w2k the system just restarts, instead of powering off, and in win98, it does much the same thing.
does anybody know if they have succesfully used an atx supply with the above motherboard??

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by bthomas

I have had similair problems with my asus board restarting instead of shutting down.
Problem lies in the registry and files used because you installed the os with a standard power supply and then changed to atx. easiest solution is to reinstall
the os to make the correct registry entries
and to install the files needed.
APMBATT.VXD
VPOWERD.VXD
are files needed for proper ATX shutdown.

hope this helps
Bthomas
Matrix Consulting LLC?

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