Diamond Plus and shutdown problem *resolved*

I am just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.  There is one other fellow on another forum that just built a system around this board that is experiencing a similar situation.
I am running windows (32 bit) and using the original bios (no issues so far, except this if it is one)
Approximately 60-75% of the time when I go to shut down or restart it acts like I didn't click it, but when I click it the second time it functions normally then.
When I installed this mainboard it replaced an Asus A8N SLI board, I needed to save some E mails that I had forgotten to save so I did a repair installation of windows.   I just attributed the shutdown "glitch" to that.  I am about to reformat and reinstall windows fresh this morning, maybe this will solve the problem.  (but my gut tells me it probably won't)   Also I installed the SW-ide drivers and the NVidia firewall, which I won't be installing this time.

Quote from: kakarocht on 22-March-06, 23:08:52
Do you do any ocing? Have you tried to up the RAM voltage? is your windows is properly installed??
Yes I do a little overclocking, 2.6Ghz - 217 FSB but SuperPi and Prime 95 stable at that speed.  I just reformatted and the problem is gone,  Like I had mentioned I had done a repair installation when I installed the board from an Asus A8N in order to retrieve some E-Mails, I didn't have the chance to reformat until today.  I really didn't think that would have fixed it, so much for my gut feeling.......

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    Cheers!

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    2x DELL Slient Geforce 7800GTX 256MB card
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    Koolance EXOS AI Watercooling
    MSi K8N Diamond PLUS
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    Coolermaser RC-830 w/ 4x 140mm + 3x 120mm fans

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