PC won't shut down, only goes to sleep

Onters

Hi all,

I've just moved house recently, and something I discovered when moving house was that my PC never shut down. I selected shut down from the list available on Vista, yet it always went to sleep and could be woken up by a mouse move or a keyboard press.

I thought reinstalling windows would fix it (I was due to do this anyway) and I started this last night. However, it's still happening after I've reinstalled Windows.

Any ideas?

TwistedPsycho

Have you checked your bios for any strange "Wake On" settings that might have changed.

I can not remember if they also work for a powered down unit.

Onters

Okay, I will have a look when I get back from work today. Thank you for the suggestion.

Do you know where it would be in the BIOS or what it would be called? I know that BIOS's vary, but would be better if I had an idea where I was looking in the BIOS!

Thanks

imho

Try this

1. Open Power Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, and then clicking Power Options.
2. On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings next to the selected plan.
3. On the Change settings for the plan page, click Change advanced power settings.

Onters

Hi imho,

I have already tried that... plus after I installed windows, I haven't changed any of those settings which by default, should work (if that makes sense?).

Onters

I couldn't find any BIOS settings, though I'm not entirely sure what I should be looking for, as some of it was beyond me.

Anyone got any further suggestions?

danthemoneysavingman

What make and model computer is it? What BIOS version is running (should state on start-up).

Have you looked to update your BIOS from the manufacturer website? Which may or may not help.

Of course, a move away from Vista to W7 would be wise

Onters

Thanks for the input.

I will get back to you tonight with the answers!

spakkker

I found with a win7 install that one pc wasn't shutting down but restarting. Cured by installing the m/board drivers which I'd neglected to do as everything "just seemed to work" in win7.