OT: complete power off as a trouble shooting technique

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Dugie

Hi All,

I mentioned to my brother that a warm reboot (eg. Shut Down> Restart) is not always a good way to solve a software
or hardware problem, referring to a Win 2000 OS.
Often it is useful to shut down the computer completely, meaning the power supply is off. Either restarting
immediately, or waiting for 30 seconds or more may also help.

He asked why do this, where did I hear this, and said that it was not true.

Any comments on the usefulness of this "complete power off" technique?

Thanks, Dugie
 
Hi All,

I mentioned to my brother that a warm reboot (eg. Shut
Down> Restart) is not always a good way to solve a software
or hardware problem, referring to a Win 2000 OS.
Often it is useful to shut down the computer completely,
meaning the power supply is off. Either restarting
immediately, or waiting for 30 seconds or more may also
help.

He asked why do this, where did I hear this, and said that
it was not true.

Any comments on the usefulness of this "complete power off"
technique?

Thanks, Dugie
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Recommended: Power OFF and wait.
Reason: To get scumware, if any, out of RAM (memory).

J
 
Hi All,

I mentioned to my brother that a warm reboot (eg. Shut Down> Restart) is not always a good way to solve a software
or hardware problem, referring to a Win 2000 OS.
Often it is useful to shut down the computer completely, meaning the power supply is off. Either restarting
immediately, or waiting for 30 seconds or more may also help.

He asked why do this, where did I hear this, and said that it was not true.

Any comments on the usefulness of this "complete power off" technique?
Click to expand...

Windows 9x did not clear memory on a reboot, so useful.

However the winNT kernel does clear memory, so power off is not required.
 
Hi All,

I mentioned to my brother that a warm reboot
(eg. Shut Down> Restart) is not always a good way to solve a software
or hardware problem, referring to a Win 2000 OS.
Often it is useful to shut down the computer
completely, meaning the power supply is off. Either restarting
immediately, or waiting for 30 seconds or more may also help.

He asked why do this, where did I hear this, and said that it was not true.

Any comments on the usefulness of this "complete power off" technique?
Click to expand...

It's because a power off is a total reset, it cleans up memory.
I use it always after updating drivers, to make sure all hardware is
initialized/configured properly.

(for some reason, my motherboard sometimes doesn't initialize hardware
properly... this results in problems such as no sound or slow booting)
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