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Leaving "it is now safe to turn off power" message on screen

Posted: 09-07-2006, 02:28 PM
Kevin Benstead
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We have an embedded system which uses an ETX processor module.

Our current processor suddebnly went out of production and we've had to
choose another one. the one we're now using behaves slightly differently
when we shut down windows.

On the old module when we shutdown we got the 'It is now safe to turn off
the power' message. On the new module (which now has ACPI in the BIOS) the
screen goes blank but the system is still powered up. We don't have an ATX
power supply (our unit only takes 40W).

The problem is that when our customers see the blank screen they assume that
the power has been turned off and start unplugging things. As part of our
system is a high voltage generator you can see that this could be a problem.

Is there a way of keeping the 'it is safe to turn off the power' on the
screen.

Any advice would be appreciated.



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Re: Leaving "it is now safe to turn off power" message on screen
Posted: 09-07-2006, 02:57 PM
Dear Kevin,

Are you able to change the HAL component from "ACPI *" to "Standard PC"?

This may solve this problem.

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> We have an embedded system which uses an ETX processor module.
>
> Our current processor suddebnly went out of production and we've had to
> choose another one. the one we're now using behaves slightly differently
> when we shut down windows.
>
> On the old module when we shutdown we got the 'It is now safe to turn off
> the power' message. On the new module (which now has ACPI in the BIOS)
> the
> screen goes blank but the system is still powered up. We don't have an
> ATX
> power supply (our unit only takes 40W).
>
> The problem is that when our customers see the blank screen they assume
> that
> the power has been turned off and start unplugging things. As part of our
> system is a high voltage generator you can see that this could be a
> problem.
>
> Is there a way of keeping the 'it is safe to turn off the power' on the
> screen.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
>

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Brad Combs
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Re: Leaving "it is now safe to turn off power" message on screen
Posted: 09-07-2006, 03:13 PM
Hi Kevin,

If possible disable ACPI in the BIOS and swap the ACPI component in your
image with the Standard PC component.

HTH,
Brad

"Kevin Benstead" <KevinBenstead@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3075A7D7-CF8A-423C-B828-85AC875BFD1D@microsoft.com...
> We have an embedded system which uses an ETX processor module.
>
> Our current processor suddebnly went out of production and we've had to
> choose another one. the one we're now using behaves slightly differently
> when we shut down windows.
>
> On the old module when we shutdown we got the 'It is now safe to turn off
> the power' message. On the new module (which now has ACPI in the BIOS)
> the
> screen goes blank but the system is still powered up. We don't have an
> ATX
> power supply (our unit only takes 40W).
>
> The problem is that when our customers see the blank screen they assume
> that
> the power has been turned off and start unplugging things. As part of our
> system is a high voltage generator you can see that this could be a
> problem.
>
> Is there a way of keeping the 'it is safe to turn off the power' on the
> screen.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
>

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