Windows XP can not shut down properly

Friends Lu recently encountered a problem when installing the Chinese version of Windows XP, he installed Windows XP system very smoothly, the installation can not shut down properly. What should I do if this happens? Of course, I should take it.

Friend's computer configuration is: K6-2 266MHz @300MHz, MVP3 (AT board type) motherboard, 160 MB SDRAM (PC100), FUJITSU 10G hard drive, CMI-8330 ISA interface sound card, graphics card is SIS6326, AT power supply.

In the past, after the shutdown operation, it was not displayed that "it can be safely shut down now" (if it is ATX motherboard plus ATX power, of course, it is automatically shut down), but restart, only manual Forced shutdown.

In fact, the shutdown is not normal in win

dows98SE is a very common situation. Common reasons are:

1. The operating system and motherboard do not support ACPI or APM.

2. Various hardware outside the motherboard is not perfect for ACPI or APM support.

3. The bug of the hardware driver.

4. The motherboard's BiOS needs improvement.

5. The system is not good enough for fast shutdown support (only for Windows98).

6 There are some resident memory programs that exit before shutdown and conflict with the system shutdown process.

7 Virus.

8 Disk subsystem failure, such as IDE driver and system compatibility is not good enough.

Of course there are many other reasons, I can't explain them one by one.

Because the friend is a newly installed operating system, in addition to the sound card driver (other hardware is driven by the operating system), various applications have not been installed. Therefore, the author focused on the problem of insufficient support for power management in the motherboard and operating system. After grasping the principles from easy to difficult, first of all into the motherboard's CMOS settings interface, power management in the PM control by APM shut down, boot into the system, and then shut down the computer still restart.

Start WindowsXP again, enter the power management of the control panel, click the “Hibernate” menu, then enable hibernation is unchecked, and tick “Enable hibernation”, but it still fails.

Re-enter the power options in the control panel, click on the "Advanced Power Management" sub-page, the system displays: This machine supports Advanced Power Management (APM), using APM can reduce the system's power loss. At this time, "Enable Advanced Power Management Support" is selected. Without hesitation, I will remove the "Enable Advanced Power Management Support". It will cost more power, and it will not shut down properly. The next step is of course shutdown, OK, "There can be safe shutdown now" a few words came out, haha, quite kind.

This example is due to the system's lack of advanced power management support, or can be eliminated by upgrading the BIOS, but this motherboard is a long time, may not find updated BiOS, so never Try, for ATX motherboards, it is recommended to still enable advanced power management, otherwise there may be trouble.