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I have noticed strange lock ups lately too, not just with 16 but all Ubuntu.
I am now in the strange habit of pulling power supply and battery then
holding down the power on button for 5 full seconds.
This drains all power from capacitors and memory "I think"
But it works for me.
ttyl
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On 27 April 2016 at 10:19, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And with a nod to the computer gods...
>
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 at 10:18 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks, A friend had this happen to him so he said remove the battery
>> and reinstall it and VOILA! it all works ok.I guess it must have been stuck
>> in a situation where I could not get access to the BIOS, I'll leave that to
>> the experts.I hope this will help someone in the same situation. Thanks for
>> all your inputs.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:05 PM, allan kelly <wrikent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> UEFI boot maybe ???
>>>
>>> AK
>>> On Apr 26, 2016 8:24 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> High CrankyOldBugger, It does not boot at all,I hear the click and the
>>>> fan starting up and the LED on the start button is on and then the fan goes
>>>> full speed and that,s it! I have to hold the start button down for a while
>>>> to turn it off.
>>>> On Apr 26, 2016 7:17 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Raymond, try booting it up normal, as far as you can go, then once
>>>>> you're sure it's done booting hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 all at once and see if you
>>>>> get a login prompt.  If so, then we know it's driver issues on the GUI side
>>>>> of things.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 at 19:03 Roscoe <iankross at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's about the time I would go and buy another computer! See, I
>>>>>> told you I was no expert. Now you have to listen to the real experts!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Roscoe, I have 14.04 live CD and I tried it but nothing happens
>>>>>>> no booting, no display.Also tried 14.04 USB 64bit memory stick with the
>>>>>>> same results.
>>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2016 6:51 PM, "Roscoe" <iankross at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey Raymond:
>>>>>>>> As a user of Ubuntu as a daily driver since the first version, I
>>>>>>>> have noticed that over the years that some versions install with some
>>>>>>>> difficulty. As I am no Comp-Sci dude, I usually just reinstalled (maybe
>>>>>>>> even a couple of times) and it usually installed no prob.
>>>>>>>> I am big proponent of *patience is a virtue* but I don't have any,
>>>>>>>> so installs and re-installs are usually what I revert to.
>>>>>>>> Give it a try!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Raymond House <
>>>>>>>> raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all, I installed Ubuntu 16.04 from a live CD on my laptop and
>>>>>>>>> now I can't boot up.I can hear the fan going into high speed but that,s
>>>>>>>>> all, no display.I have to force it off.How can I restore the laptop? Thank
>>>>>>>>> you.
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