Computer won't restart if turn off!

[Ashley Benton]

Yes that does help and if it is only that maybe that will be easier to fix
that a wrong setting or anything else.
Thank you for your answer
Megan

On 9/19/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Megan,
> I'm not one of the experts on the list and am usually
> asking for help but, your problem sounds like a faulty
> electronic on/off switch to me. I've had that problem
> to occur on two different machines, one in particular
> a Dell Dimensions XPS T450 with an on/off and reset
> switches(push buttons).  You may want to have a
> computer repair shop check it out.
> Hope it helps,
>
> Len
> --- Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, thank you for your quick answer.
> > The message error was 0 after 12 pass. So I did esc
> > and the computer is back
> > on. Where can I look to know why the computer won't
> > start if turn off? Each
> > time I turn it off, when I push the button to turn
> > it back on there is no
> > power and I have to unplug to be able to have the
> > power back. What could
> > cause this to happen? One of the setting I have done
> > when I installed Ubuntu
> > or something wrong in the computer? As long as I had
> > been on Windows I had
> > no problem, I put Ubuntu and had changed my power
> > supply twice and had to
> > put a new Hard drive to be able to start my
> > computer. I love Ubuntu and try
> > to avoid Windows but I need to know that I will be
> > able to turn it back on
> > if I need to install something in it or if there is
> > a storm!
> > Can you help me with that?
> > Thank you
> > Megan
> >
> >
> > On 9/18/07, Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at saunalahti.fi>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On ti, 2007-09-18 at 14:38 -0400, 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
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just put your Ubuntu CD into the optical drive of
> > your computer and
> > > restart the machine. It will now boot from the CD
> > (assuming your BIOS is
> > > set so - if not, come back for more advice) and
> > show a start menu, which
> > > has an option "memtest" or "memory test" (or
> > something close to that).
> > > When you select that, Memtest will start
> > automatically. You will then
> > > see something like this on your screen:
> > >
> > > http://www.memtest.org/pics/i875-big.gif
> > >
> > > You don't have to do anything but just let the
> > program do the testing.
> > > The test procedure includes several tests and will
> > take several hours if
> > > not interrupted. You may leave the computer alone
> > at will to do the
> > > testing. You can stop the test at any time by
> > pressing "Esc" or reseting
> > > the computer. When all tests are done, the program
> > will start from the
> > > beginning. So eventually you will want to stop it
> > :-)
> > >
> > > When all the tests are passed once, the number
> > zero in the "Pass" column
> > > will change to one. The next column to the right
> > tells the amount of
> > > errors found. If it says zero, no errors were
> > found.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ari Torhamo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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