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   From: Richard Asbridge    
   Subject: Re: Shutdown requires manual power off   
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   On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:04:03 -0600, Dan Coit wrote:   
   > I had the same problem with my 800 Mhz Athlon.  I solved it by adding   
   > "acpi=force" to the "kernel" line in /boot/grub/menu.lst.  Maybe that   
   > would work for you too.  Hope this helps.   
   > Iron Citadel   
      
   Thanks for the response, I gave it a try and no luck I'm afraid.   
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