Is acpi needed for Desktop computers?

[Andrew Zajac]

On 5/19/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5/19/06, azz <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> > kaffeine Wrote:
> > > yes.
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> > Even if you don't hibernate your desktop like I do, it serves a few
> > purposes.  Not the least of which is to tell your power supply to turn
> > off when you shut down.
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> Ahh, unfortunately, it does not. When, I shutdown my computer, it
> cycles though the shutdown sequence. Then, I hear a click inside the
> box. The monitor goes off but there still power to the fans, CDROMs,
> etc. I could still hear the fan running.
>
> Any help?
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Boot with the apci=off bootprompt
Check to see if apm gets loaded, and load it if it did not load.  Power down
and see if that helps.

You can also see if there is a bios setting you can play with to help out
ACPI....


azz
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