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3.0 PCI express card installed. Seeing as I don't have any 3.0 devices yet, but
I need more USB 2.0 ports, I removed the 3.0 card and replaced it with a 5-port
USB 2.0 card - something I had done with my old XPS-400. However, I neglected
to plug a power cable into the PCI card, although the USB ports worked OK.
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: en;" lang="EN">Seeing as there isn't an available power
cable that can reach down to the PCI card anyway, I went back to the USB 3.0 card, and plugged a USB 2.0 powered hub into it to take care of my needs. So the cause of the shut-down/restart problem waseither removing the originally installed 3.0 card or not having power to the 2.0 card. I don't know for sure. I do know that I really didn't want to call Dell and
have to go through the dozens of things I already tried.
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Just got a new Dell XPS 8300 (Windows 7 H.P.) up and running last week. Everything going good, set up things the way I want, uninstalled unwanted junk, disabled most auto start-ups, etc. I know what I'm doing here. However, when I click to "Shut Down", it keeps restarting! I've checked all the Power Options and see nothing wrong. Any ideas?

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