Why Ain't My Puter Powering Off Properly?

wolfie138 · 23 Sep 2015 at 07:33

My old machine (bout 6 years) isn't shutting off properly - it'll power off after i do the Start -> shut down thing, but i've noticed the LEDs/fan is still running. It's not Sleeping, as it won't wake from the keyboard, but will power up again fine and there's nothing obvious in my Events [well, i do have a Type 11 Controller error thingy about "harddisk2", except no hardware is listed as Harddisk2 and it's not happening regularly, or at least it's hadn't happened when i checked last night about this issue].
running 4gb on Win7 64, nothing has been installed etc for over a year, most i've done recently is uninstall/reinstall mice and my Wacom.

TIA

wolfie138 · 23 Sep 2015 at 17:53

no ideas?
:-/

something daft already!! · 23 Sep 2015 at 17:56

Usually GPU driver related. Use DDU to remove you old driver and install a fresh new one.

something daft already!! · 23 Sep 2015 at 19:26

Wake on LAN enabled in BIOS? If so, disable. Also in network adapter properties, configure, power management, untick "Use this device to wake up the computer"

SimBoy · 23 Sep 2015 at 19:33

Good points howie - I would also suspect software perhaps not playing nice - it is worth checking drivers - graphics but also any other hardware plugged in like webcams and gaming devices - could be your mouse software, try W7 standard drivers only to test.

Unfortunatly it's a matter of deduction - just change one thing at a time to see if it fixes the problem.

wolfie138 · 24 Sep 2015 at 07:23

thanks for the replies, but....the other night i ended up long-pushing the case button to power off properly, which killed the fan etc. Last night i powered up, nowt in the Events etc, no issues during use, powered down and it shut down no prob at all :-/
dunno if it was a passing bleb or a precursor of an upcoming fail but i think it's time for a "spec me" thread just to be safe!

cheers anyways.

ubersonic · 24 Sep 2015 at 09:32

Puter is slang for female genitalia, not computer, just throwing that out there for future reference

something daft already!! · 24 Sep 2015 at 12:56

ubersonic said:
Puter is slang for female genitalia, not computer, just throwing that out there for future reference

Not on the planet which I live on it isn't.

Kurgen · 24 Sep 2015 at 12:59

I think its spelled pooter

in any case it def not a girls bits.

no idea about the PC. you could try starting in safe mode, and shutting down again, if that works ok probably software issue, worse case reformat it and see if it still does it

ubersonic · 24 Sep 2015 at 13:22

wolfie138 said:
no ideas?
:-/

Is it an ASUS motherboard? They have had various problems like this a few times over the years (my Rampage leaves the KB/Mouse lights on after shutdown). If so then try updating the MB BIOS then clearing the CMOS.

howiepoohs said:
Not on the planet which I live on it isn't.

It is, Google it (or watch some American films). I've never actually heard anyone refer to the PC as a puter before (probably for this very reason), people usually just say PC/comp/rig/system/etc.

dreamcat4 · 24 Sep 2015 at 15:54

'puta' or 'puto' means MOFO in Spanish, I think. It's spelt differently.

dreamcat4 · 24 Sep 2015 at 15:57

Anyway. Sounds a bit like a PSU issue but presuumably the fan that keeps running is connected directly to the mobo, not handing off some molex adapter? (then it would not be a PSU issue).

wolfie138 · 24 Sep 2015 at 19:09

i didn't think dropping "com" off the front would cause this much debate.