The PC fails to start when you press the power button while it is turned off.
The PC fails to start when you press the power button while it is turned off.
I'm not entirely confident about this, but it's definitely more bothersome than anything else. When I press the power button to turn off my PC—which I don't usually do—I can't turn it back on until I flip the power switch on my PSU for roughly three seconds so the system resets. This is frustrating when I have to do it, and I'm not sure if this is typical behavior. Do you have any suggestions or solutions?
Not typical behavior. Avoid forcing or holding the case power button. Don't attempt to shut down the PSU manually. Opt for using the Windows shutdown options instead.
Click the Windows icon usually found in the lower left corner of the screen.
Choose "Shut down or Sign out" and then select "Shut down".
The system will follow its own shutdown procedures, which involve preparing for the next boot.
If power is interrupted before or during shutdown, it may take longer to restart.
Even more serious is that cutting power too early can damage files, applications, and data.
This can cause additional problems.
Instead, use the Shutdown menu.
Execute "DISM" and "sfc /scannow" to detect and repair any corrupted files that might be affecting restarts.
Hey there,
Totally agree with
@Ralston18
here. There is no need to hold down the power button to shut down. You can select in the power options that you can shut off using the power button, but once set up you only need to press it. Not hold down.
As mentioned, that can cause system file corruptions, and is not exactly good for PC components either.
Here is a guide on how to set it upL
https://support.lenovo.com/ie/en/so...r-...r-settings
Why are you using the power button to turn the pc off.
If it is because the pc wont turn off on its own you need to find out why.
Before you try to shut it down bring up task managers running processes and look at what is still running when it wont shut down.
I have first hand experience of what can happen if you use the power button to turn off a pc.
When i first started using the steam games client i made the mistake of using the top right x instead of the steam/exit at top left. When i tried to shut down my pc it would hang for a long time and i did not realise it was because steam was technically still running. A few times i got fed up of waiting for the pc to shut down so i would press the power button just like you are doing. Then one day my pc would not boot up , it start to boot and i got an on screen report saying windows had found some corrupted files. I could not get to the recovery console so the pc was now useless.
As mentioned before, I don't do it often. Usually only when necessary. Sometimes 1 to 3 times a week, my windows stop working. It wouldn't be called a freeze because it still works, but I can't interact with anything related to the windows. No taskbar or similar features. If I have Chrome open, I can still use it, though I can't click anything.