[SOLVED] PC won't boot after shutting it off by holding down the front power button ?

[Saphyen]

So I'm not exactly sure if this is an issue or not, but it's more annoying than anything. Whenever I hold the power button to shut my pc off, which I don't do this often, but when I do, it's not able to turn back on until I flip the power switch on my psu for about 3 seconds so the power resets. This is annoying when I have to do it and I'm not sure this is normal. Any fixes or something I can do?

 

[Ralston18]

Not normal.

Do not push and/or hold the case power button. And there should be no need to turn off the PSU.

Use the Windows shutdown menu instead.

Right click the Windows icon likely located in the lower left screen corner.

Select "Shut down or Sign out" > then "Shut down".

Windows needs to go throught some specific steps of its' own during shutdowns and part of that includes getting ready for the next startup.

If power is cut off either before or during that process then Windows needs more time to get going during the next restart.

Even worse is that prematurely loosing or turning off power can corrupt system, application, and data files.

Making it all worse.

Use the Shutdown menu.

Run "DISM" and "sfc /scannow" to find and fix any corrupted files that may also be hindering restarts.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

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-button-action-using-advanced-power-settings

 

[MJS WARLORD]

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.​

 

[JayGau]

The only situation where a "hold power button" is justified is when the computer is frozen and there's no other way to restart it. And if this happens to you regularly then you indeed have a problem.

 

[Saphyen]

Like I said, I don't do it often. Only when I need to. Sometimes probably 1-3 times a week, my windows hangs. I wouldn't call it freeze as it still functions, but I can't click on anything windows related. No task bar and things like that. If I have something up like chrome, I can still use it, but I can't click anything.

 

[Saphyen]

Not normal.

Do not push and/or hold the case power button. And there should be no need to turn off the PSU.

Use the Windows shutdown menu instead.

Right click the Windows icon likely located in the lower left screen corner.

Select "Shut down or Sign out" > then "Shut down".

Windows needs to go throught some specific steps of its' own during shutdowns and part of that includes getting ready for the next startup.

If power is cut off either before or during that process then Windows needs more time to get going during the next restart.

Even worse is that prematurely loosing or turning off power can corrupt system, application, and data files.

Making it all worse.

Use the Shutdown menu.

Run "DISM" and "sfc /scannow" to find and fix any corrupted files that may also be hindering restarts.

Had some corrupted files apparently. They have now been repaired