Actually.... It is a COLD REBOOT and to do this on a laptop you need to UNPLUG the charger/adapter, REMOVE the battery, Press pwr button for abt 20 sec or so. (This drains any residual voltage from the capacitors within the unit) Then put battery back in, re-attach your charger. A laptop is never fully OFF until you do this and it is the way to hard-reset the HARDWARE. Good luck! On 08/23/2013 07:24 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > with my computer it won't allow you to turn it back on unless you plug > it in,take out the battery, press the power button for like 30 > seconds. Then when you press the button again it will turn back on. My > question was really related to to how I turned the computer off,stuck > it in my bag, and then went to flagstaff. Then when I got there the > computer would not turn on as the sesor had been tripped. My question > was really whether the sensor could be trpped when the computer was off. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Shawn Badger > wrote: > > Yes, most laptops have a temperature sensor that will shut them > down if they get to hot, but they will allow you to turn it back > on once it cools down again. I have never seen one the is > permanently shutdown because of that unless you got it hot enough > to melt the circuits inside. > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > > you know the the overtemp gauge that won't allow a laptop to > start if it is tripped? am I wrong in my discovery that it > can be tripped even while the computer is off? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss