ACPI function does not work. need to restore it, it's a pain to
manually wait to press power button when stopping windows xp. I think
it was switched off by mistake in thebios when loading xp.

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Request for Question Clarification by endo-ga on 27 May 2003 17:29 PDT

Hi,

Do you know what your motherboard make and model is?
Do you know it got switched off in the bios? Did you see someone
actually do this or are you just assuming it?

Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 27 May 2003 21:49 PDT

What is your BIOS version? Is it Award, AMIBios, Phoenix, IBM, etc.?

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Clarification of Question by nanaman-ga on 28 May 2003 10:49 PDT

I did not realize it was switched off in the bios until I loaded winxp
pro and it didn't shut the power off only "it is now safe to turn off
your computer screen". I opened the bios and sure enough it was turned
off.
The motherboard is a K7SEM with Award modular bios

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Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 28 May 2003 21:38 PDT

"I did not realize it was switched off in the bios until I loaded
winxp pro and it didn't shut the power off only "it is now safe to
turn off your computer screen". I opened the bios and sure enough it
was turned off."

Since you were able to access the BIOS and found that the ACPI
Function was disabled, I assume you were able to enable it yourself.
Do you still require an answer? If not, you may close this question.

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Clarification of Question by nanaman-ga on 29 May 2003 03:59 PDT

Still need a solution, switching acpi on in the bios did not change
anything.
I read somewhere on a website that if acpi is not switched on during
installation win xp pro does not add the files or software to support
acpi. There should still be a way to add, change or upgrade this
function.

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Clarification of Question by nanaman-ga on 30 May 2003 15:48 PDT

in win xp-pro device manager does not give me the choice to delete or
to selesct another dirver ....update requires me to give a location
not chose from a set of choises... still not happening. I thought this
would be easy , I guess ther is never such a choice with computers.
It's not like I'm a babe in the woods I've been playong with these
things scine 8088 chips.

I ran into this same problem on an installation of Windows 2000.
The solution I ended up using was to simply do a minimal
reinstallation of the operating system. But now I believe it could
have been done easier by updating the drivers.

First, take a look at "How do I shutdown without receiving 'It is now
safe to turn off your computer'?" at:
http://www.jsifaq.com/subn/tip6500/rh6514.htm
If that does not help, you may need to upgrade your ACPI drivers as
follows:

Notes:
I am using Windows 2000, so some information may be a little different
in XP
You will need to be using an administrative account to change these
settings
Doing this operation on a computer that does not have ACPI support or
does not have it enabled in the BIOS may prevent Windows from booting,
so make sure its enabled there first. I recommend that you make sure
your hardware is ACPI capable before attempting to install ACPI
drivers. If you've had it enabled in the past, then it should be fine.
This is dangerous, so be very careful. If something is a little
different and you are not sure what to choose, don't do anything.
Request clarification first. I have personally made a Windows 2000
computer unbootable and I had to use the recovery console to fix it.

1) Open "computer management" under "administrative tools" in the
control panel.
2) Select "device manager" from the tree view on the left.
3) Open up the "computer" branch of the tree view on the right window
pane
If the leaf says "Standard PC" then no ACPI drivers were installed
during OS installation. If the leaf contains "ACPI," then the drivers
are installed, and something else is wrong.
If you see "Standard PC," right-click it and choose properties. Choose
the "driver" tab and click "update driver" to open the upgrade device
driver wizard.
Click "next" to go to the first dialog. Choose "display a list of the
known drivers..." and click next. Then choose "show all hardware of
this device class." This should display a list of manufacturers and
models. Choose "(Standard Computers)" as the manufacturer (unless you
find your manufacturer and model in the list, in which case you should
choose it). Then, choose the "Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) PC"" model and click "next." you will be warned about
changing the driver, and must click "yes" to continue. You may get
another dialog asking if you want to continue using an unsigned
driver. Choose yes, finish, close, then restart.

After restarting, go back to the computer management and see if your
computer is  now listed as an "ACPI computer" (or something similar).
If so, it should shut down automatically just as you want.