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by pcpolice

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I have discovered something weird or not so weird maybe. When I press the restart button on the "turnoff,restart" pop up screen on windows xp pro. My computer only shuts down and does not restart.Tehn I wait a few seconds then i press the power button on the case and everything starts fine. Iam baffled??!!??

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by simontsen

I have only seen this once when I was working as a Tech few years ago. Check your power supply as it need to "recharge" power down. Probably not regulated enough power. I found that replacing with 300W or 350W Power supply tend to solve this problem.

by its_reflexed

oi just do this

start
run
msconfig
go to startup
click disable all
and restart
should work
if not
try the option above

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