I just notice the past week or so that my PC is turning itself off when it enters standby mode. I haven't changed anything for settings in XP or on the MoBo. This is an ASUS K8N-E Deluxe. Even simply clicking "standy" from XP causes the system to power off. This is a new one on me.... Thanks for any tips. Regards, Peter van s

You should not be using Standby or Hibernate on a desktop machine. Those features where designed for laptops & are know to cause problems on desktops. Try the following.... - right click on the desktop, click Properties, then click the Screensaver tab. Set the 'Wait' time to 10min & make sure the 'password protect' box is unchecked. - click the 'Power' button. Set the Power Scheme to 'Home/Office' - set 'Turn off monitor' to 20min - set 'Turn off hard disks' to 30min - set 'System standby' to never - then click the 'Advanced' tab. Make sure 'prompt for password' is unchecked - set 'when I press my power button' to 'Shut down' - set 'when I press sleep button' to 'Do nothing' - then click the 'Hibernate' tab. Make sure the 'Enable hibernation' box is unchecked. - when you've completed all the above, click 'APPLY'