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PC shutting down after 30 minutes, even when on BIOS screen
I have a desktop PC that is just over a year old that I use daily for work. It's running Windows 8.1, has 16GB RAM and an i7 CPU. It has a 256GB Samsung 840 SSD (Windows + programs) along with a 1TB ...
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Wake on LAN doesn't work when power down from Windows
I'm attempting to use Wake on Lan turn on my Windows 10 computer from miles away, and I've gotten it to work when the computer is in sleep or hibernate mode, but not after it has been shut down. If I ...
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Safe to shutdown by pressing power button 1. in bios setting mode 2. in bootloader?
Is it safe to shutdown my PC by pressing the power button
while it's in the BIOS setting mode?
while it's in a bootloader (in my case grub), without a timeout?
If not, are there any good way to ...
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Mouse light doesn't turn off when computer is off
I've bought a Coolermaster devastator bundle with my new PC. When i shut down the computer, the light on the mouse never turns off. The keyboard lights are off. Both peripherals are plugged with USB. ...
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Computer restarts in 4 seconds after shutdown
An old computer that has been working perfectly for three years has started to behave strangely after it had been reassembled in a new case. Now it always restarts in 4 seconds after shutdown, no ...
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How do I auto turn-off a DOS ONLY machine using software? The PC has NO POWER SWITCH
I have an old PC that has no power switch (it's a long story). It is running DOS 6.20. I am looking for an interrupt call or anything to turn off the computer using software as I need it to turn off ...
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Computer reboots seconds after shutdown
My computer restarts itself just a few seconds after shutting down. This is what I have tried thus far. The motherboard of the computer is an ASUS H97M-E
Booting into a different OS. I tried both ...
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Computer restarts when I don't turn off the monitors before clicking shutdown (No system error)
For quite a while now my Computer keeps restarting when I shut it down. The only way it doesn`t turn on again is to either click the shut down button and then extremly fast turn off the monitor, or ...
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Why does my CPU stops after Windows getting boot windows 10?
I have Intel Pentium Core2Duo with 4GB RAM, no dedicated GPU, PSU:240W.
Whenever I boot my PC, Windows closes after few seconds with some sound and then CPU fan stops and PSU also. But here is the ...
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Laptop automatically reboots after shutdown
My laptop is a Dell N5110. These days the computer has a problem that after normally shutdown it automatic reboot in midnight. I have tried setting the power manager, system restore to prior time, ...
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Computer keeps turning on by itself after shutdown (not sleep)
I have activated Wake On Lan on the BIOS of my Alienware X51 R3 (2015) to be able to power it on from the internet and SSH into it. After trying the setup successfully, my pc keeps turning on by ...
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Computer randomly turning off after BIOS update?
I recently built a new PC, which has been running fine up until a BIOS update yesterday.
I normally wouldn't update BIOS unless there were issues and in this particular case, the AMD FX-6100 CPU I'd ...
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Possible reasons for PC turning off when Veracrypt's pre-boot authentication prompt is left alone for a few minutes?
I have a PC based on a Supermicro X9SRi-F mainboard. I have put the firmware in UEFI mode and have installed Windows 10 Enterprise 1909. Then I have installed Veracrypt 1.24 Update 4 and have ...
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Notebook shuts off after exactly 30 minutes uptime
Recently i started using a old Notebook from Fujitsu. The Lifebook A512. I like it a lot, but it shuts down exactly after 30 minutes of uptime. This Problem is OS Independent. It is happening on ...
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Poweroff Lenovo Flex 2-15 notebook in Linux
I have a Lenovo Flex 2-15 notebook.
When I try to shut down my laptop using poweroff/shutdown commands or using the GUI, it shuts down completely, but after a few seconds, it turns on automatically! (...
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