Abit BX6 mobo no auto shutdown with xp pro, 2nd post

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I thought I posted this on 2/25 but I never found it in the newsgroup
when I looked for it. ??? Try, try, again. I apologize if it got posted,
and people replied to it.

Hi,

I got this old P2 450 from the curb and have been fooling with it for a week
now. I tried it with 98se first, and it did the total shut down thing with
that. Then I tried it with xp pro and it closes to the screen that says:
"Its now safe to turn off your computer."

any ideas why it did a total shut down with 98 and gives the shut down
screen with xp?

Thanks
Sammy
 
~A_Sammy said:
I thought I posted this on 2/25 but I never found it in the newsgroup
when I looked for it. ??? Try, try, again. I apologize if it got posted,
and people replied to it.

Hi,

I got this old P2 450 from the curb and have been fooling with it for a week
now. I tried it with 98se first, and it did the total shut down thing with
that. Then I tried it with xp pro and it closes to the screen that says:
"Its now safe to turn off your computer."

any ideas why it did a total shut down with 98 and gives the shut down
screen with xp?

Thanks
Sammy
Click to expand...
1. I always remove any modems, or accessory cards, and

2. remove the power cord, plus the CMOS battery, to reset the system to
factory new.

3. Then, I boot the system to set up the CMOS properly.

4. then, boot with knoppix ( http://knopper.net/knoppix ) from a CD so
it tests the entire system for me.

5. I open a Command Line console, and invoke cfdisk, to find all the
hidden partitions on the hard drive. I then can re-arrange those
partitions, or wipe the drive, to get ready for a new install of any
of the 230 free Linux or BSD OSes, so the system will run about 8X
faster than microshaft crapware permits.

6. My suspicion about your shutdown problem is first: that a memory
stick is bad, ( provided that you removed the accessory/modem cards
)
or, 2. psu voltages/cpu frequency are off (check out the
voltages/frequency settings in the CMOS setup screen).
 
1. I always remove any modems, or accessory cards, and
2. remove the power cord, plus the CMOS battery, to reset the system to
factory new.

3. Then, I boot the system to set up the CMOS properly.
Click to expand...


so far, so good. I do about the same.
4. then, boot with knoppix ( http://knopper.net/knoppix ) from a CD so
it tests the entire system for me.
Click to expand...

hmmm.... this is all new to me. So I got the iso file and burned it.
I haven't used it yet.
5. I open a Command Line console, and invoke cfdisk, to find all the
hidden partitions on the hard drive. I then can re-arrange those
partitions, or wipe the drive, to get ready for a new install of any
of the 230 free Linux or BSD OSes, so the system will run about 8X
faster than microshaft crapware permits.
Click to expand...


now this is getting very interesting. Sounds like a project for a
rainy day on a hard drive I don't need the data on.
On this particular drive, however, I want to retain the data for
the time being. It's only a 6 gig drive.
Will booting from the iso-cd write anything to the drive that will
mess up a working windows installation?
6. My suspicion about your shutdown problem is first: that a memory
stick is bad, ( provided that you removed the accessory/modem cards
)
or, 2. psu voltages/cpu frequency are off (check out the
voltages/frequency settings in the CMOS setup screen).
Click to expand...

thanks for the tips.

I haven't fooled around with linux, and it's on my list of must do's one
day. Is the disk I made a "linux" disk that can install linux, or is it
a utility disk that basically works like fdisk?

Thanks,
Sammy
 
Hi Patrick,

I tried to setup a system with the knopper iso cd today,
but it was for creating a system blind people
could who use a braille machine.

cfdisk wasn't on the disk.

Please advise, thanks.

Sammy
 
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