Dear John, why did you copy everything to your answer (as I do here) so that we had to read twice the whole story to reach your kind one line long answer? Asks grandpa;)
On 2/22/06, John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 01:32, jamespaterson wrote: > > I upgraded my desktop from mandrake 9.2 to 2005 limited > > edition > > > > Things seemed okay but not long after the computer justs > > reboots > > after a software shutdown from windows or from linux. > > > > The only way to turn it off is to switch it off as soon as > > it has shut down. > > > > When I switch it on sometimes nothing happens. When I rang > > my pc vendor they asked if the fans goes so I switched it on > > - no > > fan. However when i came back later it had booted. > > > > Before i take it in for servicing i would like to establish > > that this is a hardware problem and not some setting in the > > bootloader. > > > > Any advice would be welcome > > > > best james paterson > Try setting acpi=off in your boot options > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
