First post, by ratfink
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My main XP system has been having shutdown problems ever since I upgraded the motherboard and cpu. It often but not always hangs on the "windows is shutting down" screen; there is a noise from the drives but the screen stays on.
I've tried reinstalling software and drivers, removing redundant software, disabling USB devices, nothing seemed to work. A fresh install of XP on the same machine works fine.
The other day I unplugged one of the CD/DVD drives. Ever since the original XP install has shutdown properly.
All I can think is that with that DVD drive plugged in, the power supply was near it's limits and that the system became sensitive to the shutdown process [or the shutdown process became sensitive].
Does that make sense or could there be another explanation?