ASUS P2L97 ACPI board

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Dear fellows,

For a charity organisation I am preparing a second hand PC with motherboard
P2L97.
With operating system Windows XP I have the problem that switching off
results in a re-start.
I already searched in FAQ about this problem. I see several questions about
this subject but without any workable solutions.
Is there anybody who can advise me about solving this problem?

regards,
Henk
 
Dear fellows,

For a charity organisation I am preparing a second hand PC with motherboard
P2L97.
With operating system Windows XP I have the problem that switching off
results in a re-start.
I already searched in FAQ about this problem. I see several questions about
this subject but without any workable solutions.
Is there anybody who can advise me about solving this problem?
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I don't believe there ever was a P2L97 ACPI bios, so when you install XP you
need to specify a non-ACPI installation (APM may work). Look for the "Press
F-something for options" prompt very early in the installation. It's either F6
or F5, can't remember which...

/daytripper
 
h said:
Dear fellows,

For a charity organisation I am preparing a second hand PC with motherboard
P2L97.
With operating system Windows XP I have the problem that switching off
results in a re-start.
I already searched in FAQ about this problem. I see several questions about
this subject but without any workable solutions.
Is there anybody who can advise me about solving this problem?
Click to expand...

Flash the latest BIOS (1010 beta 4, that is) and reinstall XP. If it
still doesn't state an ACPI PC in Device Manager, enable "legacy APM"
(there's an MSKB article on this).

Stephan
 
h said:
Dear fellows,

For a charity organisation I am preparing a second hand PC with motherboard
P2L97.
With operating system Windows XP I have the problem that switching off
results in a re-start.
I already searched in FAQ about this problem. I see several questions about
this subject but without any workable solutions.
Is there anybody who can advise me about solving this problem?

regards,
Henk
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The LX chipset was usually paired with the PII4X southbridge which has some
ACPI errata, so it isn't compliant to win2000/XP ACPI. The PII4XE (BX
companion, typically) doesn't have those. I don't know if any P2L97's used
the PII4XE, but if somehow yours has it, reaching winXP ACPI compliance MAY
just be a matter of flashing a recent BIOS.
As suggested, flash the latest BIOS. The 10xx BIOS codename (as opposed to
01xx) actually does mean ACPI support, so the suggested 1010 beta 4 is ACPI
enabled, but that may be limited to windows 98/me only. I know it was on the
TX97 series (PII4X southbridge, BIOS 1003.xxx, withdrawn at some moment from
the FTP server too).
Flash the latest BIOS, clear CMOS, reload your prefered options and
reinstall win XP. If you still don't get 'ACPI Uniprocessor PC' but only a
'Standard PC' in device manager, then you can install the 'NT legacy APM
node' driver manually from 'add new hardware', which will usually allow your
PC to shut-off properly even without ACPI. This will of course only (likely)
fix your shutdown problem.

Regards
Nikos
 
Hello,

Flash to the latest BIOS.
I have this mobo and I have no switching off problem with win 2000 server.
For Win 2000 it is an ACPI machine.

regards,
gftafval
 
Dear fellows,

Thanks a lot for your support.
I already had the latest version of the bios and re-installed XP. It didn't
solved the problem adequately on the moment that you activate the stand-by
option with the power switch.
But there is hope! The most recent update of of about 2 days ago of Windows
XP solved the problem! Don't ask me why, but after rebooting the PC the PC
can be switched off without re-starting.

Best regards and nice Christmas,

Henk
 
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