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A weird problem:

I have done a fresh re-install of on a slightly older system (P3-900MHZ, 384MB): Windows XP-SP2 with all latest fixes; Office 2003-SP2 with fixes, Adobe 8.0, McAfee Security center.

System runs great BUT crashes (hard crash) during shutdown in the last screen ("Windows is "shutting down")

In the event log I find 2 acpi errors (event 4 & 5) and a service control system error event 7022.

Please advise.

Thanks

Rob

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Can you perhaps copy and paste all 3 types of events here, so we can review?

see attached word document (had to get it from the other system to my own)

when I looked at it again, I noticed that the errors come at startup while the crash occurs at shutdown, i.e. I have no further information about the shutdown crashes ...

as it is a clean install (I started with fdisk etc) and the system runs fine otherwise, I really do not understand it.

is there any other place where I could look for logging at shutdown time?

temp.doc

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What's the bugcheck code of the crash, and did the box generate any *.dmp files on crash?

There is no blue screen or any message, hence no codes: the system just hangs (hard halt) with the shutdown message on the screen. The only wait out is to cut the power.

Restart then works fine, no messages or anything; the system runs great.

There are no *dmp files anywhere: I did a system search including hidden files etc..

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bios upgrade, check acpi settings in bios

Dear Iceman, this is somewhat beyond me.

I looked in the BIOS but could not find any ACPI-values: I disabled power management but that is not what you expected to hear.

And, I have never updated a BIOS: where do I find a good guide for a novice in this area?

By the way, the BIOS is ASUS Med 2001 Award BIOS

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Further to my previous mail: I just read instructions on how to update a BIOS and I do not think that I am able to handle this procedure. Certainly not with someone else's PC.

Also, to be quite honest I do not believe that this would be the problem: before the fresh re-install of XP, the system stopped normally. No hardware was changed or added other than adding 256MB of memory.

The re-install was done to bring the system from ME to XP.

Please advise

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Further update:

I have been experimenting with other shutdowns: to restart, to hibernate, to stand-by.

It all gives the same effect: crash on "Windows shutting down" screen

Except for unclear reasons one time it came to a BSoD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

I did not have time to read the stop code itself. tried to switch off the automatic re-start but the BSoD never came back ... just the full stop.

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take out the memory you added and see what happens. or run memtest or such memory tester on the system and see what you get.

Using Memtest86 3.2 Release (11/Nov/2004) I ran 6 passes without errors sofar and as the hard halt occurs at every shutdown, hibnernate or standby attempt it must be something else.

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