Shutdown computer, lights stay on...?

[Parker]

I go to Start, click on shutdown, and system shuts down. However, all the lights remain on. I have to depress the front panel power button for the 3 seconds to actually shut power off. Why would my computer do this? I don't overclock and my system is in my signature. I'm running WinXP Home.

 

[Parker]

No takers...?

 

[PigCorpse]

Do you have APM enabled?

Go to the Control Panel > Power Options.

There should be an APM tab.

Check that box.

Let me know if that worked.

 

[Parker]

I'll check it out after work, thanx

 

[SarverSystems]

What lights spedifically?

The front panel LEDs (power and HD activity)?
The lights on the fans?
The CCFLs?
LAN activity lights?

 

[Parker]

Do you have APM enabled?

Go to the Control Panel > Power Options.

There should be an APM tab.

Check that box.

Let me know if that worked.

I did not see any tab of that sort.

SarverSystems: The front panel LEDs, fan lights, cpu fan all remain on. I did not notice if the LAN activity lights remain lit.

 

[BinarySynapse]

Are you sure its shutting down and not going into standby?

 

[SarverSystems]

Sure sounds like standby to me.

 

[BinarySynapse]

Also check your BIOS setup and make sure that the ACPI option under Power Management is on. Otherwsie XP will see the comptuer as a standard computer that has no soft power capabiliities.

 

[hungryduck]

this is very odd.....thats what my computer does for standby mode.....

 

[Parker]

Here are my settings in the power options tab. I'll check my BIOS.

EDIT: I checked my BIOS, here's what the settings were at.
Power Management/APM [Enabled]
Suspend Mode [Auto]
(Options were) S1 POS only
S3 only
ACPI APIC support [Enabled]

 

[Parker]

TTT