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Network card (link-status LED) still active after shutdown from Windows 7 (but not from XP)
When I shut down Windows 7, my NIC remains active and the link status LED on the router remains lit. When I shut down Windows XP, it does not. Further, rebooting XP causes the NIC to shutdown as well, ...
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Is a hard shutdown harmful to computer hardware? [duplicate]
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Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
If I switch off my computer pressing the power button for five (5) seconds, can I break any of the components, damage ...
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Computer only works on its side
My Windows 7 computer started shutting down seemingly randomly recently. Basically, within a 10-120 seconds from hitting the power button, the computer just powers off as if I unplugged it. No BSOD, ...
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When I tell my computer to standby it powers down
I have just replaced the power supply and motherboard in my PC, the motherboard is the same model an Asus P7P55D-E LX and the power supply is an Antec TruePower New 650W Modular PSU
prior to the ...
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PC won't start after abrupt electricity shutdown
My PC won't start after an abrupt power shutdown. The hard drive has not crashed or anything. The PC itself keeps coming on and going off without starting the OS. I have even switched drives but I'm ...
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PC reboots instead of shutting down, no software problem. What could be the cause?
I have a PC here that prefers rebooting to shutting down. Every time I try to shut the PC down it reboots, however it is possible to turn the PC off by pressing the power button.
The problem is not ...
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Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
Can computer hardware suffer damage from forceful shutdowns (holding the power button for five (5) seconds) or power failures?
I believe that normal PC hardware does not suffer from this - after all,...
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Computer won't stay powered up
I have just tried to turn my PC on this morning and it won't stay powered up. It will come on as normal for about 5 seconds, not quite long enough for the monitor to wake up. Then it will power off. ...
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