A little off topic but I hope someone can shed some light

[Matt Anderson]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Matt Anderson <9712216800c at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have an HP Pavilion Notebook model 6324US.
> > The machine will not reboot.  What I mean by this, it shuts off, powers
> back
> > up, but never even gets to the BIOS stuff.
> > I have to turn it off.  Close the lid, wait various amounts of time
> before
> > it will start again.
> > Now, I'm running 10.04.1 very successfully so there are not a lot of time
> I
> > have to restart, but non the less, it is VERY frustrating!
> > Any clues would be greatly appreciated!
> >
>
> My desktop has the "exact" same problem as you described.  I have to
> hit reset twice to make it boot or power it off for a while then start
> it up.  I'm not sure what is causing it but I suspect the motherboard
> is slowly wearing out on me.
>
> As for your laptop, it could be the same issue.  The motherboard is
> going bad, possibly, or there's a issue in the battery.  I can pretty
> much rule out software as the cause and I'm sure others will likely
> agree.
>
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Oh, just to clarify, it does not matter if it is Windows or Linux on the
machine.  It runs so GREAT when it is on!

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