win7 64 restarts after shutdown by itself???

[valfaw]

i2500k
GA z68 udh3 b3
M4 crucial SSD
8gb ram
no GPU

computer started retarting after shutdown through the start menu all by itself.

I've googled the problem and have tried two solutions so far with no results. One was a regedit and one was through settings neither have solved the problem.

I now have to shutdown with the case power button and the other night doing so blew out recognition of my c drive and upon restart it came up as a failure. I got things fixed through the system disk tools and repair so now it's back to recognizing the boot disk.

This problem can't be good for the SSD and the rest of it I imagine.

ANY help APPRECIATED, thanks...

[NOTORIOUS VR]

sounds like you have a hardware/BIOS issue... If the OS is sending a shut down/halt signal it should turn off and not restart.

Obvious things to try would be unplug remove any unneeded peripherals and do a BIOS update. If none of that works, try a Linux live cd... if it does that with linux as well you have a hardware issue that more then likely the motherboard IMO.

[DanG]

I had that issue with a Microsoft wireless mouse.

Somehow the wireless dongle would send or receive a signal from the mouse and the PC would either wake from sleep or would turn itself back on if it was turned off.

Removed the adapter and went to a different brand of mouse and it's not happened again.

[valfaw]

sounds like you have a hardware/BIOS issue... If the OS is sending a shut down/halt signal it should turn off and not restart.

Obvious things to try would be unplug remove any unneeded peripherals and do a BIOS update. If none of that works, try a Linux live cd... if it does that with linux as well you have a hardware issue that more then likely the motherboard IMO.

the @bios utility is acting weird and not letting it update. I think I have to figure out how to do that through a thumb drive. GA switched it's bios recently and it was beta for a bit and I need to check if its a final version now or not.

Is this a desktop computer or a laptop? If it is the latter one its most probably that vents are too dusted if you were holding it on blankets and etc. you need to open it and remove any dust from the vents.If it is a desktop computer i had a similiar thing and it was caused by graphic card it had some kind of malfunction.Have you tried formatting it?

desktop with no GPU. I'll try blowing it out first.



Thanks for comments folks...

[Egilbe]

Wonky power problems are normally caused by wonky power. I would look to your PSU before anything else.

[BRealistic]

It could be a program trying to update with a reboot.
Does it do this when you exit from safe mode too?

[valfaw]

haven't tried safe mode, thanks for that idea

[ATL_Av8r]

the @bios utility is acting weird and not letting it update. I think I have to figure out how to do that through a thumb drive.

Find the bootable CD or USB instructions for updating the BIOS. Those BIOS utilities that run under Windows never work correctly.

[valfaw]

UPDATE - computer shuts down correctly in safe mode per the suggestion to try that.

[BRealistic]

UPDATE - computer shuts down correctly in safe mode per the suggestion to try that.

That means it is a software or driver issue.

You might check your installed programs list (under remove programs) and see if something updated right when this started happening.

[Aonarch]

So no BSOD's at all? And safe mode is ok?

I would go to the manufacturer and update the drivers. Maybe it was a Windows update driver that caused the issue? I have seen that happen a lot.

[valfaw]

no BSOD's since I swapped ram manufacturer's a few months ago. I built this last feb/mar and after the ram swap have been issue free until this became prevalent the last month or so. It started intermittently and has subsequently become a permanent issue.

I updated a few of the drivers after googling that as a possible solution and didn't have any luck with that route. I did the chipset drivers and a few others to make sure all were/are current. The only thing I haven't had luck updating is the bios yet.

[BRealistic]

You built this PC?

Check with the mobo manufacturer to see if there is a hardware way to reset the bios back to factory settings.
I know in the old days you could remove the cmos battery, but now it is stored is stable flash ram.