Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:53 +0000 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off Message-ID: <d873d5be0908111222h193e6580o7c78ceb7db18ad56@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090811173839.538F51CC31@ptavv.es.net> References: <d873d5be0908110949j4ba24a81m42e91db8829be679@mail.gmail.com> <20090811173839.538F51CC31@ptavv.es.net>
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On 8/11/09, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > It might also be worth mentioning that you can ALMOST always force a > system to power down by pressing and holding the power button for 5 > seconds. This has always worked for me and is pretty fundamental, but > it is claimed that there is an exception to every rule. (Some systems > allow this to be disabled in BIOS, though.) > > In any case, this is easier than pulling the battery. No doubt. But in his first post I think he mentioned that this didn't work for him, either. At least, he said holding the power button down "for a long time" didn't work. I'm assuming this was at least five seconds. He didn't mention anything about checking his BIOS settings. b.
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