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win95@discussions.microsoft.com - 02 Jan 2004 06:39 GMT

i have a atx power supply machine on which win95 is loaded
when i shutdown the pc its shutdowns easily & gives the
message also "its now safe to turn off", but the problem
is that being an atx the power is not auto switched off.
i have to hold the power button for few seconds to go it
off.

any help??

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M. - 03 Jan 2004 09:04 GMT

but the problem is that being an atx the power is not auto switched off.
*** why is that a problem?

i have to hold the power button for few seconds to go it off
*** that is the case on every W95 machine, IMHO.

any help??
*** upgrade to W98 or leave it on all the time...

;-)

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Marius '95 - 10 Feb 2004 23:29 GMT

> i have to hold the power button for few seconds to go it off
> *** that is the case on every W95 machine, IMHO.

Not true! My system turns off when i shut down win95. the problem is that
it cannot be turned on from keyboard after it was turned off by win95....

:-(

My system: Epox EP-8KRA2+, ATX power source, A4Tech keyboard with power
management buttons.

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Haggis - 11 Feb 2004 14:09 GMT

if you have an AT power supply you have to shut down manually ...with ATX it
can be set to shut down by itself

> > i have to hold the power button for few seconds to go it off
> > *** that is the case on every W95 machine, IMHO.
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> My system: Epox EP-8KRA2+, ATX power source, A4Tech keyboard with power
> management buttons.

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MasterBlaster - 03 Jan 2004 14:50 GMT

> i have a atx power supply machine on which win95 is loaded
> when i shutdown the pc its shutdowns easily & gives the
> message also "its now safe to turn off", but the problem
> is that being an atx the power is not auto switched off.
> i have to hold the power button for few seconds to go it
> off.

Here's MS's blurb on various causes...

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;q145926

And here's what I posted here a couple of months ago for a similar question...

> Go into the BIOS and look for an entry for Advanced Power Management (APM).
> On mine, I have it "enabled" so Windows can use it, but the other BIOS power
> options (hard drive spin-down, CPU speed reduction, etc.) are all disabled, so
> the motherboard won't mess with them.

That was for my IBM Win95 system. It isn't an actual ATX, it's some kind of
pre-ATX "modified AT" system, but it powers down the same way.

I'll add that in Win95, I have APM installed (I can see the entry in Start, Settings,
Control panel, System, Device manager, System Devices, Advanced Power
Management support), though on the Settings tab, "Enable power management
support" is NOT checked.

I do have "most" of an an ATX system I rescued from the dumpster a while back, and
while testing it I stuck in a spare drive with 95 loaded. It powered down like it should,
so it is possible.

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