Windows 7 Shutdown Issue (Case fans/lights don't switch off)

[Apnomis]

Not sure if anyone has any ideas where I could start with this but here goes...

I've just installed Windows 7 on my PC, I've not really had a great deal of time to play around with it yet, but it seems that when I shut down the PC now it doesn't shutdown the PC completely - the screen, keyboard and mouse etc go off but all the fans and lights on my case stay on!

I had a similar problem if I let Vista go into power-save mode and then woke it up and tried to shut it down, but it only ever did it if I left it to go into power-save mode first, whereas Windows 7 seems to do it as standard.

I'm sure it's some simple BIOS option or something, but I'm not entirely sure what it would be... Any ideas?

[vox]

Hi Ap, I assume you're shutting down your PC via the shut-down on the start menu (that sounds daft!) Have you tried shutting it down via the power button to see if that is any different. Also I guess you have noticed that there are "switch user, log off, lock, restart and sleep. Are all these there as a drop down ? Try "log off" and see what happens.
Go in to control panel and select small or large icons to get a proper view of what's in there. Go to power settings and that may give you a clue.

On my Win 7 rig the shut-down problem was caused by the Lightscribe burner not having the lightscribe software loaded. You may also be missing a driver somewhere.
Was it an upgrade from Vista ? if so it could be the upgrade process that has caused a bug. A complete fresh install may be necessary. A huge amount of help is available for Win 7, Click on help and support on the bottom right right hand side of your start menu. There is a "type in a question box" at the top of the window that opens. Best of luck my friend, I'm sure it's curable

[Apnomis]

Fixed, apparently my IEEE 1394 Host Controller was not allowing the OS to turn off the device to save power - it's an option in it's properties page in Device Manager. It seems to be a common problem with my make of motherboard (Asus P5B). After ticking the box to allow Windows to turn it off it now turns off my PC completely on shutdown...

[vox]

Well done Ap, I knew you would sort it.