Re: PC wont restart if shut down for more than approx 5 minutes

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eli wrote:
Hello:

When I restart my Dell PC via that option at the Start menu, it restarts flawlessly.

Howver, if I choose the Turn Off option there, it will shut down , but fail to resart if it had been off fro more than ~5 minutes.

If I press the ON button within ~5 minutes, it'll turn back on smoothly. But if I leave it turned off for longer, i'll se the green lights and hear the whirring sound. However, the monitor won't sho anything. No error messages either.

When this happens, I can get it turned bck on if I hold the button long enough to complete it's shutdown again. And then press again. sometimes I need to repaet this a few times. Or I can simply unplug the power source and replug it. Then press the ON button again. it'll powe up as usual, and work OK.

I'm puzzled as to why this only happens when I elect "Turn Off", and not when I choose "Restart". Also, why does it restart smoothly after shutting it down if I restrat it within a few mniutes of the shutdown.

Sounds like a hardware component is failing. Sometimes hardware will work when it is warm and the metal has expanded and vice versa. Here are general hardware troubleshooting steps. I'd start with the power supply.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Standard caveat: Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). Have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop.


Malke
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