XP keep restarting

[Smiley]

Hi there,

Just installed a fresh copy of XP on a 'new' motherboard Supermicro p4sca.
When shutdown the machine, it keeps restarting itself.

Went to check bios settings, will not allow me to exit, when in any options
which was fine, I would used ESC to get out but when it comes to exit,
whether I typed in Y or N for saving, the whole machine just frozen and need
to ALT + CTRL + DEL to restart the machine.

The machine definitely is not overheat, am I missing something here and the
xp just keep running ?

 

[Bob I]

I suspect a "hardware" problem with the BIOS/motherboard. If you can't
save changed BIOS settings then you will call the vendor for problem
resolution.

Smiley wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Just installed a fresh copy of XP on a 'new' motherboard Supermicro p4sca.
> When shutdown the machine, it keeps restarting itself.
>
> Went to check bios settings, will not allow me to exit, when in any options
> which was fine, I would used ESC to get out but when it comes to exit,
> whether I typed in Y or N for saving, the whole machine just frozen and need
> to ALT + CTRL + DEL to restart the machine.
>
> The machine definitely is not overheat, am I missing something here and the
> xp just keep running ?
>
>

 

[Andrew E.]

Try power off (unplug),remove battery,locate the CMOS jumper pin & move
it from 1-2 to 2-3 position for .30 seconds or so,then back to 1-2,replace
battery,start pc.On starting,enter BIOS,set date/time,etc,load optimal
defaults,
then reset for add ons,etc,save & exit BIOS.The restarting is 99% hardware
conflict(s),& the CMOS reset is a simple function,actually all new MBs should
have the end user do before running...

"Smiley" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Just installed a fresh copy of XP on a 'new' motherboard Supermicro p4sca.
> When shutdown the machine, it keeps restarting itself.
>
> Went to check bios settings, will not allow me to exit, when in any options
> which was fine, I would used ESC to get out but when it comes to exit,
> whether I typed in Y or N for saving, the whole machine just frozen and need
> to ALT + CTRL + DEL to restart the machine.
>
> The machine definitely is not overheat, am I missing something here and the
> xp just keep running ?
>
>
>

 

[Malke]

Andrew E. wrote:
> Try power off (unplug),remove battery,locate the CMOS jumper pin & move
> it from 1-2 to 2-3 position for .30 seconds or so,then back to 1-2,replace
> battery,start pc.On starting,enter BIOS,set date/time,etc,load optimal
> defaults,
> then reset for add ons,etc,save & exit BIOS.The restarting is 99% hardware
> conflict(s),& the CMOS reset is a simple function,actually all new MBs should
> have the end user do before running...

More nonsense from the troll Andrew E. You've got your dosages mixed up
again. The OP should follow Bob I.'s advice.


Malke
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