Z77A-G45 not shutting down

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Hi all,

Having some trouble with my MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard. It's new to me (got off a forum), and it's having a weird problem: when I try to shut windows down, it seems as normal (screen goes black), but the fans stay running and the lights stay on for about 5 minutes before they finally shut off.

I've tried it again with a completely fresh install of Windows 8.1 on a different boot drive, and it's doing exactly the same thing.

Anybody know what the cause might be?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Just thought I'd update this - the problem was caused by using a not completely fresh Windows install, made with a similar but different motherboard. Usually this hasn't caused me trouble, but the MSI board has special quick start/shut down functionality which goes haywire if it doesn't have Windows installed for it right from the start.
 
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