Questions tagged [poweroff]
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How can I reboot or shutdown the system in an EFI or UEFI shell?
Having consulted resources related to the commands available in a UEFI/EFI shell, I cannot find two commands I would expect to be available:
reboot
poweroff, halt, or shutdown
What am I missing here? (can it be that the EFI shell is somewhat…
fraleone
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PC powers off at random times
Short Version
After experiencing some problems with Mobo batteries my PC started to power off at random times, the power off is instant and sudden and does not restart afterwards, need help figuring out the cause.
Facts:
Powers off when PC is…
Timo Huovinen
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Poweroff , damages hardware?
So i've been using poweroff command to shutdown my computer at a specific hour.
Is it okay for the hardware to do this (e.g hard drives)? Or should I use other system call?
Fisher
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What does “Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK” in dmesg mean?
When I power-off an external USB 3.0 SSD (hard drive enclosing containing a 2,5-inch Samsung SSD, attached via a USB 3.0 cable to a USB-A 2.0 or 3.0 computer port; the partitions have been already unmounted) via
$ sudo udisksctl power-off -b…
user1236854
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Start and shutdown log Windows 10
I would like to check when my PC started, I read about event log id 6006 and 6005 to check the log service start up and shutdown event... but this method doesn't work.
The last eventlog service restart was made 1 month ago, but I'm sure my PC is…
Tobia
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Scanner is turning my computer off
I'm running Ubuntu 64-bit and I just installed a printer, the Epson Stylus NX110. Whenever I try to scan or print my computer powers off. There doesn't seem to be anything left over in my logs, (but that isn't saying much, because if something is…
OmnipotentEntity
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Machine turns off with different graphics card; who's the culprit?
A machine that I own does run quite stable in its current configuration. It has been running with a GeForce GTX 295 for a couple of years. That card used quite a lot of power, produced lots of heat and noise. The card got too hot easily and I had to…
Thomas Luzat
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What could possibly cause my computer to power down at random times?
I have recently bought a new Power Supply and a new graphics card. My PC ran smoothly for a few months now but since a couple of days I'm having a strange problem. I am trying to isolate the problem to a specific piece of hardware (because if it's…
geoffreydv
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PC shut downs automatically after 10-20 second. No POST screen, no beeps
I have this not-so-old computer that's not being used for a year or so.
Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS PN5-E SLI
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E4300
RAM:2x2GB SuperTalent DDR2-800
VGA: Zogis GeForce 7950GT
PSU: Vitsuba San-55-S 550w
HD: No hardrives yet
When I…
empz
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Using power button to turn off my locked Windows 7 machine
I want to use the power button to turn off my Windows 7 machine without having to login or unlock it. I want to do this on my machine, plus we will likely want to do it on some student lab machines. On my machine it's a pain because I have an faux…
Paul
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Dell does not power down when long-pressing power button?
I have a Dell Precision 7770. I performed a UEFI (BIOS) update. It hasn't done anything since then. In the Technical Guidebook it says,
Power button with optional finger print reader
Press to turn on the computer if it is turned off, in sleep…
Evan Carroll
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How to shut down and start up Debian server on a preset schedule?
I have a basic home server running Debian 11, which I am using to self-host a few things. I would like to set it up, so that it does not run during the night. Basically, I am doing this out of noise and power management considerations.
I have…
MadPhysicist
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Power off the computer every night and hardware life
I want to know if an office computer shuold be switched off every night or not to improve its hardware life.
I know that some components like magnetic disks are degraded by reboots, but I cannot evaluate if it is worse a daily switch off or a full…
Tobia
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Is there a way to force power off for the Samsung NP N150plus series?
There seems to be a nifty way to power off the Series 9 laptop (pinhole + paperclip) when the laptop goes into panic mode and using the on-off switch for 4s+ no longer works. There does not seem to be an equivalent pinhole on the NP-N150 (JP0PUK)…
chris
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Laptop suddenly off without notice the battery level
My laptop is HP Probook 4540s and running on Widows 7 32bit OS. My battery may be week now. But the problem is Laptop suddenly off without notice the battery level. Not shutting down or hibernateing. Is this happening because of weak battery or some…
