Computer won't restart if turn off!

[Ashley Benton]

Hi, after a few try I get memtest86+ running. It actually had done 11 pass
with 0 error but I am wondering if it doing a series of test or always the
same test until I stop it. I also find that when I pushed the escape key too
early I was directed on this message: please select boot devices; 1- floppy
drive; 2-PM_WDC WD5000AAJB-00UHA0; 3-SM-HP DVD writer 400; 4-SS-ASUS
CD-5480/AH but if I use F1 and go in the boot menu the order is different.
Is it important?
Thank you for your answer
Megan

On 9/18/07, larry shields <larry at isp.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> 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
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