Recent content by Daniel Polwarth

You don't have to shut down the firewire connection. In fact, if you disable it, you get the same problem. You just have to set the power option so that the firewire connection is allowed to power down (in the same way hard disks power down if they are not used). You can still use the...

Just found the solution you are talking about, and you're right. If you set the IEE 1394 to save power the machine shuts down perfectly. I don't know why either, but if it works, I'm happy. Spread the word!

Works perfectly! Can't understand it as I don't have a firewire interface in the motherboard though I do have a plugin card. It seems you've hit upon the solution. Well done! Spread the word!

That's interesting, because you actually have an older BIOS than me. I think the latest BIOS is 2001. could it be the older BIOS works okay? Anyone else?

That's fascinating. As it happens, I do have a firewire card installed in my machine, and I wonder if this could be causing the problem. I'll have to put it to the test later. Thanks for the tip!

This definitely seems to be an issue, then. Does anyone else have a problem like this? Does anyone know if its being worked on by Asus or Microsoft?

It could be that Asus have cut a few corners with their power management on their boards. My board fails every time no matter what, but its probably an older model than yours. You might find a BIOS update solves the problem - in the past I've sometimes had luck fixing irritating issues like...

I'm pretty good with Windows, but I've never tried running a Beta version or RC version before, and I have a question. It's probably a dumb question, but I haven't seen a topic address it so I'm just going to go ahead and ask. Microsoft updates the release candidate regularly, but as it...

Do you have an Asus P5B variant motherboard? There is an issue several people have reported with this motherboard. In my case the machine tries to shut down, blanks the monitor, but the fans and lights keep running. If you have a P5B board or something similar you will get the same problem...

Hello, I believe there may be an issue with Windows 7 and the Asus P5B series of motherboards. In particular there seems to be a problem that occurs when trying to shut down the machine - the software closes properly, but the fans continue to spin and the lights stay on, and the machine must...

The annoying thing is that I'm not sure ASUS are aware of it. I should probably report the issue to them, but I'm no technical expert. I've also heard they won't support Windows 7 until it comes out as a final retail product, which means we have to rely on Microsoft to fix this issue for the...

I think I may have found the cause, but not the solution. People with ASUS P5B motherboards, or variants of this board, have said that they have had the same problem in Windows 7. I have a P5B myself, and the symptoms are all identical: the machine seems to power down, except that the fans...

Problem caused by ASUS P5B motherboards Hi, I've looked on some other posts and websites, and it appears that the problem I am experiencing with shut down is caused by my ASUS P5B motherboard. Apparently it affects all variants. Anyone with one of these motherboards seems to have the same...

Windows 7 shuts down, but does not power off. ASUS P5B board to blame? Just installed Windows 7 RC1. I have a dual boot system with XP and Win7. I can't seem to shut down Windows 7. I tell it to shut down, it goes through all the shutdown processes happily, it blanks my monitor, but the...