Vista wont shut down properly

I am running Vista Ultimate SP1 and when I do a shutdown I get the message
that the PC (stand alone) is shutting down. The screen eventually goes
blank and reoports no video available BUT my PC is still on.

How do I fix this?

Thanks

Trevor

Trevor wrote:

> I am running Vista Ultimate SP1 and when I do a shutdown I get the message
> that the PC (stand alone) is shutting down. The screen eventually goes
> blank and reoports no video available BUT my PC is still on.

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That also happens to me, monitor already off but the cpu is still on. Would
someone care to make an explanation. How to fix this

I've had this problem on my old P4 machine. In my case it was a hardware
soundcard that was the culprit. I didn't investigate the problem in
detail but motherboards are set to "wake on" certain hardware. I suspect
my motherboard had a setting that said "wake up when sound card or PCI
card is plugged in." I eventually removed the card and used my onboard
sound. For you guys it might be more complicated, but I hope this will
give you some leads on how to solve this issue on your own.
Unfortunately I'm not a pro with computers so I'm just passing on what
limited knowledge I have.


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