Whilst I'm generally really impressed with the quality and function of Gigabyte Motherboards, I've now encountered the same issue with 3 separate ones - an i5 and two i7's, running Windows or Linux.
The issue is that you shut down the computer, everything goes off.. then starts right back up again!
This appears to be a very common problem, a simple google search will come up with many hits and numerous victims of this. Nobody (that I've found) has hit on a solution yet, and suggestions usually end up with - replace the Motherboard!
This should not be necessary in my experience, as I have the solution. Read on, fair audience!
- Restart your computer (shouldn't be hard, as it is doing this all by itself!)
- Enter the BIOS by pressing DEL as the computer is booting.
- Reset to Optimal Defaults
- Ensure that the correct boot device is set for startup
- Save & exit.
- When the computer shuts downs (and inevitably starts back up) hold the power button down for a few seconds, until everything turns off again
- Remove the power or either at the computer or the wall. Turning the power supply switch to OFF will NOT do the job - you MUST disconnect the power!
- Leave for a minute or two, then reconnect the power and switch on
- A shutdown should now work correctly!
This technique has worked numerous times for me now, please let me know if it works for you!
I haven't detailed the exact steps within BIOS, as motherboards vary slightly according to the model - you'll have to go hunt for yourself.
After years of providing a first class environment for the residents of West Beach, the West Beach Trust has moved under new management, which appears to have a completely self-serving, empire building agenda.
Issue 1:
The beautiful public golf course has been decimated by the development of a new Baseball facility (I'll come back to that!)
The Golf Course is now only 15 holes, and the layout is incredibly confusing, to the point that the once heavily used course is now virtually abandoned, and golfists are staying away in droves.
Various fairways have been allowed to fall into neglect, grass is dying off, and the weeds are taking over. The groundsmen would never allow this to happen unless they have been ordered to, they do a brilliant job usually.
At what point does the public golf course become an unviable venture, and re-purposed as something else completely?
Issue 2:
Much of the wetlands has been lost to a new artificially surfaced soccer stadium, and car parking to try and appease local residents, who are often unable to park outside their own houses.
The whole facility has been extremely ill considered in it's location, visibility in and out of the area is atrocious, and IMO it is only a matter of time until somebody (probably a child) is run over in the area by a speeding car.
Issue 3:
The new Baseball facility.
The South Australian government provided $1 million in 2011-12 to upgrade facilities to include a "multi-purpose grass playing field".
The trust has used this PUBLIC money to build a dedicated baseball facility with an ENORMOUS number of high powered lights (think Football Park!), cutting heavily into the public golf course, and restricting access to huge tracts of lands for local residents, who previously used the area for exercising, often with their pets. There is already a baseball facility on Tapleys Hill Road not 2km away - What the hell do we need this for?
Issue 4:
Traffic.
The Charles Sturt Council is preparing to spend a significant amount of money to apply a band-aid to the traffic issues caused by the Trust's ill-advised developments, which have obviously been commenced without liason between the two parties.
At the end of the day, the local residents are getting screwed over by all of this, NONE of which was made public before work commenced.
Issue 5:
The Woolshed.
What a joke this is. Why is this not-that-old (anyone know when it was built?) structure so poorly maintained that it has been condemned as unsafe? Why is the facility still unfenced and secured if it is unsafe?
You've really dropped the ball here, Trust..
The Big Issue:
The West Beach Trust.
From the Annual Report - Click Here to view)
Why is the Trust being viewed as a Business that needs to grow? The trust was created to benefit the residents, not the Board and its' poor excuse for a chairperson.
We need to take a long hard look at the Trust, and remove the current incompetent management. Let's get somebody in charge who actually cares about the area and understands why the trust was created in the first place.
I've not been very adventurous when it came to shaving my face.
I tried safety razors, but ended up looking like somebody trying to take the piss out Norman Gunston.
An electric shaver was somewhat less painful and more dignified, and the Phillishave I received from my folks for my 21st served me very well for years and years. Eventually the power lead started playing up, so the old girl was replaced with a shiny new Phillips cordless, which worked better.
Then I got interested in the Braun range. Shavers that could clean themselves? That'll do me! So I bought a top of the line Braun and all was going to be well in the world.
But no.. The Braun wasn't all that I expected, right from day 1.
- It was horrendously noisy (I thought there was something wrong with it the first time I switched it on!)
- IT takes AGES to get a reasonably close shave! And some spots just never get shaved properly, as you can't get the bloody razor in there at the right angle. A Half Hour to get a half reasonable shave would be about right.
- The running costs are incredible! Every few weeks it wants a new foil or a replacement cleaning cartridge! Braun may have no friggin idea about how to make a shaver, but they sure know how how to charge for one! And I had to replace the charger lead too, at about $50.
So, this week I gave in. I pulled the old Phillishave out again. The battery was flat, but it charged up again just fine. I can now shave in about 5 minutes and not be deaf afterward.
The only real downside is that I'll have to clean the thing now and then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gZxsSsudPNM
The Law only applies to some, evidently.