Windows shutdown

[Messerschmitt]

So I just finished building my system:

E6600

Gigabyte P35

2Gb Corsair

500GB Seagate

8600 GTS

And I just installed windows 64. When I shut it down tho it gets to the screen saying windows is shutting down and then just freezez. Everything.

Also there is no standby option.

Any ideas?

And whats with that activation thing?

[gamehead200]

Does it shutdown properly in Safe Mode? If it doesn't, then it's most likely a hardware issue. You can start by taking out non-essential components from your computer. Now remove one RAM DIMM (if you have more than one) and see what happens. Then replace that one and take out the other.

Is there anything that shows up in the Event Viewer?

Activation is required for every retail version of XP (excluding OEM [like Dell, HP, etc.] and Corporate versions).

[Messerschmitt]

No, both in safemode and normal it dosen't shut down. But it does not freeze for restart, those work ok.

Also using the CD how exactely I can assign specific drive number (C,D,E)? By itself it set drive C for windows, drive D for my DVDROM and drive E for my second partition. But I want a drive C, drive E for second paritition and DVDROM drive F.

Also I have no option to format the second parititon.

And last time when I did that was about 3 years ago, I know I did it somehow but I forgot.

[gamehead200]

No, both in safemode and normal it dosen't shut down. But it does not freeze for restart, those work ok.

Also using the CD how exactely I can assign specific drive number (C,D,E)? By itself it set drive C for windows, drive D for my DVDROM and drive E for my second partition. But I want a drive C, drive E for second paritition and DVDROM drive F.

Also I have no option to format the second parititon.

And last time when I did that was about 3 years ago, I know I did it somehow but I forgot.

That statement just reinforces my statement of your computer having a hardware issue. Do what I said in my last post and you should eventually find the problem.

As for changing your drive letters, right-click on My Computer, click on Manage, then go to Disk Management, right-click on each drive, and change the drive letters as you feel fit. However, you won't be able to change the C: drive to something else and you won't be able to change any drive letters of any System or Boot partitions; your computer will just pop-up a nice looking error message.

[Messerschmitt]

All I have is the CPU, ram, video card and the HDD.

I booted it with only 1 ram, it's the same.

You can actualy hear once the windows is at "saving your setting" screen how the HDD is turning off and the keyboard lights flashes 2 time.

I was reading over the internet problems with it being East Asian Language, and some other

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307274

or http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm. But they talk about stuff about update or get SP 1, while this is already SP 2 copy.

I still haven't tried all those sugestions but for example I have install xp SP 1 (the copy I have on this computer) to see if it will be the same.

Well surprise even with the old XP copy I currently have it's still freezes. I mean even the stand by button is greyed out.

How am I supose to know what is wrong anyway? I mean I have no clue if it is the hardware, so I know what to RMA if it's something wrong with that, or something about software. Or hardware which does not like older software.

I switched the HDD just for kicks, put this HDD into the new computer and it gave a blue screen, so it dosen't like it.

And how do you format the partitions? Why is it only formating drive C where it installs your windows and all other parititions it's left as RAW.

Edited July 10, 2007 by Messerschmitt