PCI to PCMCIA ADAPTER

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I have a "Startech PC12PCMCIA1" Adapter installed in my Compaq Evo W4000 PC,
which is running "XP Pro SP2", with an Intel Penium 4, 2.0 GHz. processor.
When I click "turn off" my computer restarts instead of turning off. The
only way turn the computer off is to press and hold the power button on the
tower. Has any one seen this or a similar problem? If you can give any ideas
for fixing this problem please let me know.

Thanks
 
Master said:
I have a "Startech PC12PCMCIA1" Adapter installed in my Compaq Evo W4000 PC,
which is running "XP Pro SP2", with an Intel Penium 4, 2.0 GHz. processor.
When I click "turn off" my computer restarts instead of turning off. The
only way turn the computer off is to press and hold the power button on the
tower. Has any one seen this or a similar problem?
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Alas, yes. It was painful until I found out the cause.


If you can give any ideas
for fixing this problem please let me know.

Thanks
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This can happen when you get a BSOD on shut down.

Disable "automatically restart"

Winkey+Pause->advanced->startup->automatically restart

If you DO get a BSOD when this happens, post it, We'll work on it. If
not, we have some other issue. And we'll go from there.
 
Thanks for the idea, but I have already done that. Any more help would be
appreciated.
Thanks
 
Master said:
Thanks for the idea, but I have already done that. Any more help would be
appreciated.
Thanks
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Well, you can start removing cards.

I've seen some bad PCI modems cause this. (***rare***)

ANd then there's your pci-pcmcia card. Which is unusual. It may not be
the culprit, however.

and then :

Go in to the BIOS, and disable wake on lan and wake on anything else.

There was also batch of old p3 compaq workstations I came across a few
months ago that also had a similar issue. Traced to bad(ish) PSU. They
were always stable, but if you moved the psu from an affected computer,
to another one, the other computer would be affected. When a psu was
transplanted from an unaffected unit, to an affected one, the issue
would be cured.
 
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