unresponsive screen graphics

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 21:20 -0800, rikona wrote:
> > Have you power cycled the system?
> I did not turn off the power completely - I assumed that would not
> make a difference.

It does. It absolutely guarantees that RAM no longer holds anything put
there by applications or the operating system, and thus that all
software loaded at boot time is exactly what gets loaded off
disk/network/ROM and is not corrupted (unless the disk/network/ROM
version is corrupted).

The right way to power cycle a system is to request a powerdown through
the OS if possible. When that is complete (or if it's not possible)
turn the system off at it's own power switch, if it has one, then turn
it off at the wall (if the wall socket has a switch - some Euro and US
sockets don't). If you can't turn it off at the wall, remove the power
cable from the computer. If your computer has multiple power
connections, repeat for all. Wait ten seconds, then replace everything,
turn the power on at the wall if necessary, turn the power on at the
computer if possible, the computer should start up.

Regards, K.

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