K8N Diamond: Can't Shutdown, restarts instead

Hi everyone,
I need your help. Recently, my comp has been acting very weird.
Everytime I try to shutdown, it restarts instead.
I have to resort to the power button to really turn off the comp.
Is there anything I can do?
My specs are on my sig (I don't know my bios version, how do I check?)
thanks,
gildan2020

Thanks guys, it worked.
The Wake On LAN bios setting was already disabled when I check it.
But it was the Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller properties that is still enabled.
Now I have disabled both Marvell and NVIDIA (just to be safe) and everything seems alright again.
Anyway, if this occurs again, I'll let you guys know.
thx,
gildan2020

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Event Category:   None
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Memory Controller
Type   Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode   Dual Channel (128-bit)
Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL)   2T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD)   2T
RAS Precharge (tRP)   2T
RAS Active Time (tRAS)   5T
Row Cycle Time (tRC)   10T
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC)   20T
Command Rate (CR)   2T
RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD)   2T
Write Recovery Time (tWR)   3T
Read To Write Delay (tRTW)   3T
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Write CAS Latency (tWCL)   1T
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DQS Skew Control   Disabled
DRAM Drive Strength   Normal
DRAM Data Drive Strength   4 (No Reduction)
Max Async Latency   7 ns
Read Preamble Time   6.0 ns
Idle Cycle Limit   16
Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter   Enabled
Read/Write Queue Bypass   8
Bypass Max   4
32-byte Granularity   Disabled
Error Correction
ECC   Supported, Disabled
ChipKill ECC   Supported, Disabled
RAID   Not Supported
DRAM Scrub Rate   Disabled
L1 Data Cache Scrub Rate   Disabled
L2 Cache Scrub Rate   Disabled
Memory Slots
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DRAM Slot #2   512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #3   512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #4   512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
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"the upgrade to Diamond Plus my system always restart just like pressing the reset button. "
give more info how, where, what was last action before happend?
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