On Monday 25 November 2002 01:47 pm, you wrote:
> Try passing "noacpi" to the kernel. APM is the first generation power
> management hardware/software. ACPI is the second generation power
> management hardware/software. If the system boots with ACPI enabled, it
> automatically disables APM. See if passing noacpi to the kernel (at the
> lilo prompt of course) makes apm start working, which may then enable
> your system to power down properly.
>
> This is off the top of my head. I've not delved deeply into this.
> Someone like our kernel developers might be able to provide much more
> insight to this.
>
> Blue skies... Todd
I've had no other problems with these 3 comps (like during installation) but
I'll try that to see if helps with powering down the other 2 comps.
BTW, I got the Shuttle motherboard on Civileme's recommendation - he said
that Shuttle seemed to follow standards better than a lot of other companies
- I don't know if this is still true or not. Motherboard compatibility seems
to run on/off... :-)
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