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Lenovo Thinkpad W530 intermittent shutdowns

My laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad W530) has been experiencing intermittent shutdowns, starting a couple of months ago. These shutdowns (and sometimes freezes - which eventually shut down the laptop) ...
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Why does the computer not shut down when "Deep sleep" is enabled?

I have a custom-built computer based on an ASRock motherboard, and both Linux Mint 17.2 and Windows 10 installed. When I shut down the computer, from either OS, the USB devices remain on. I'd rather ...
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Desktop shuts down (actually not..?) randomly

I got brand-new PC 2-3 months ago, assembled myself. I think I already have enough knowledge about softwares / hardwares, but I think it is out of my hands. After assembled my PC, it eventually / ...
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i7 4790K | Shutdown while running Prime95 and RealBench

The computer experiences a hard reset instantly with Prime95 "Small FFTs" torture test (also with the "Blend" test but after 30 minutes) and after 4-5 passess of RealBench benchmark without any kind ...
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Unable to shutdown, who to blame?

My PC has always suffered from this problem: upon reboot, the power, instead of staying up and running until BIOS POST, most of the time (but not always, and that's why I don't think this has never ...
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Why does my PC stay on after Windows shuts down?

I am using the MSI B350 PC-Mate with the following hardware: CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x Graphics Card: GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 700W I am also using an AiO and a manually installed ...
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Windows 10 no longer shutting down after replacing mainboard, cpu and ram

I recently bought some new hardware: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x, 8GB, DDR4-3000, DIMM 288) When I finished installing and updating Windows 10, some drivers and ...
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Computer restarts itself

Problem description: On shutdown -> After shutting down the pc, the power-LED starts blinking some minutes until the computer restarts itself. Everytime the power-LED blinks, the fan start moving ...
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how can i remove the auto-shutdown feature that is caused by overheating?

i'd like to remove all the safety features added by manufacturers that shutdown the laptop, i'm using a toshiba l755. note that i did several stress tests and pc worked fine and it had no thermal ...
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Computer shutting down after a few minutes

Problem My computer just shuts down after a few minutes of running. And it doesn't work again for quite some time. What I think is causing the problem I am pretty sure that the PSU is at fault. It ...
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PC turning on and off

Yesterday I built my PC. I have done it for the first time. But when I switched it on, it turned on for about 30 seconds and then turned off. It kept repeating the cycle infinitely. So then I tried ...
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How to run an application in linux just before poweroff and after linux shutdowned itself

I have a embedded system that needs to be power off itself after shutdown. To power off, the Linux should send a command via an i2c to another device to power off the Linux board. So to shutdown and ...
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My PC will not shut off if monitors are turned off

Whenever I try to shut down my PC I typically shut off the monitors at the same time and they're usually off before the PC is. I recently changed some hardware including my motherboard (ASROCK B650 PG ...
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Desktop PC restarts continuously after shutdown

My win10 desktop pc runs fine, when I can get to the OS. When I shut down the pc, it immediately restarts, and I'm assuming fails POST, because the nothing appears on screen. Then it shuts off and ...
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PC Starts back up even when power LEDs are off and after a clean shutdown (Windows 11)

To clarify, when I perform a clean shutdown by going to "Start > Power > Shutdown the PC" it shuts down as usual and stays off for a few seconds (2-3). In this short window of time ...
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Why my pc shutting down and restarting

Two days ago when i connect modem some time its showing blue screen error kmode exception and some time its shutdown and restart. Then i change modem driver and the issue solved.from yesterday my pc ...
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Computer won't turn on after Shutdown, If I didn't unplug from the Power Supply

After the normal Shutdown, if the power supply is ON, I can't get it to start up. If I try within ten seconds or a couple of minutes it's working. But if I try after a five minute or so, the light is ...
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Can't find the shutdown temperature thresholds in my UEFI BIOS

For many years already, BIOS'es have had the feature of forcing a system shutdown if the temperature of certain components goes over some threshold. Well, I'm looking for this feature on my Asus Z170 ...
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Random shutdown and reboots

I have done the instructions below and when I get the random restarts the computer still restarts. "Open Windows Explorer (or just go to the desktop), right click on "Computer" and select "...
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PC won't boot unless I leave it connected to power for some time and then turn it on

It's a newly assembled PC. Here's my config Core i7 7700K Asus Strix z270F Motherboard Two HDD One SSD Crosair CX 430 PSU GTX 650 Ti Boost Cooler Master Liquidlite 120 Cooler If I shut it down ...
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restart looping - turn-on & turn-off every seconds

For 4 days my computer worked fine. Yesterday morning I've launched my pc. Everything was fine for one hour, I even didn't touch the computer, I was near by, looking video on my laptop PC. Then ...
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Random shutdowns and restarts

I could use some fresh thoughts regarding my shutdown issue. So, about 2 weeks ago my pc started to occasionally restart while playing games. Sometimes it happens after 4-10 minutes but occasionally ...
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Reason for computer not booting when power button pressed

I have a following problem starting my desktop computer and I'm trying to figure out the root cause. Most of the time it will just start normally when I press the power button. On some occasions ...
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Computer randomly shuts down with a fading alarm power button and CD drive

I am currently experiencing something very very odd. Having build my PC myself, I have never had any issues (or anything heat related). A few moments ago my computer shut down very randomly and ...
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