Curt wrote: > Periodically, for no reason I can fathom, or trace to a specific cause, > when I shutdown my machine, it fails to power off. The shutdown > procedure unrolls, or unfurls, as expected, but at the point where it > says at the console "Will now halt," instead of a power off taking > place, the console displays an additional message: "Power off". At that > point, my only alternative is to press the power buttom at the front of > the machine for five seconds, which turns the machine off (this seems > a gentler alternative to yanking out the power cord from the socket, as the > psu on this 'puter has no power switch). > > How would I go about trouble-shooting this erratic behavior? Just two months ago I had this exact same problem with a brand new Intel motherboard. Searching the motherboard site for BIOS upgrades I found that there was one available and in my case the changelog for it listed reboot problems as one of the fixes. I upgraded the BIOS and my problem was resolved. I don't know if this will be your problem too but the BIOS firmware is where I would start looking for the problem. Bob
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