Computer won't restart if turn off!
larry shields
larry at isp.com
Tue Sep 18 19:04:49 UTC 2007
megan wrote:
> Thank you for your answer but how do I check it with memtest86? I tried
> in the terminal it didn't do anything. Could you be more explicit
> please. I am completely new to Ubuntu and have still some trouble to
> understand when it's not precise enough
> Thank you
> Megan
>
> On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 20:28 +0200, Marc Rios wrote:
>
>> What you says seems to be hardware problem... try to check it with
>> memtest86...
>>
>> 2007/9/18, megan <meggalen at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> A big thanks to those who helped me with my synaptic packages
>> manager
>> sources troubles, and yes I have been able to configure
>> evolution after
>> I changed my email address.
>> A little more than one month ago I installed Ubuntu 6.10 on a
>> HP
>> Pavilion a520n, from a dvd in dual booting with Windows XP. I
>> don't know
>> if it did it the first time (I almost never shut off my
>> computer) or
>> later, but when I shut off my computer I couldn't turn it back
>> on. There
>> was no more power. If I unplugged it and plugged it back a few
>> minutes
>> later that worked the three first time and I had been able to
>> turn it
>> on. After the third time it didn't turn on at all, no more
>> power in the
>> computer. I thought I had a windows virus and I changed the
>> hard drive.
>> The power came back. Then, I changed my computer of location
>> and had to
>> change the power supply, it turned on ok. Now if I turned my
>> computer
>> off again it does the same thing I have to unplug it to have
>> the power
>> on. Does anybody knows why my computer is doing that? Did I
>> configure
>> something wrong somewhere or is it a problem with the computer
>> itself?
>> Your help would be appreciated
>> Thank you
>> Megan
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ubuntu-users mailing list
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>>
>>
>
>
>
To check your memtest86, when you reboot your system, you are given a
chance to hit the esc key, to edit grub, or change to a recover
backup...You will see memtest86, move your down arrow key to it, hit
enter...
Thanks it...
Larry
--
Powered by Debian/GNU/Linux
by Ubuntu ver 7.04 Feisty Fawn
73 de Larry/wd9esu 31yr's A.R.O.
"This is Linux Country,
on a quiet night you can hear
WINDOZE ! Systems REBOOTING !!"
GPG Fingerprint: A4D2 BFC2 B21B 8F7A C336 EFDC 7039 3CA5 3332 076E
Public Key available from subkeys.pgp.net
More information about the ubuntu-users
mailing list