System restart button

~~loraandbush~~ · 05-12-2008, 03:56 AM

My system does not get restart when i press the restart button , but could be the reasion for it .

Thanks

Rusty Torpedo · 05-12-2008, 04:01 AM

hi

click start
control panel
switch to classic view
power options

you can change what the restart button does in here

jules

johnhook · 05-12-2008, 04:19 AM

loraandbush,

Some PCs have a "RESET" button, which is different from "RESTART". Restart is an orderly software reboot that you perform from within Windows. "RESET" is a rather forced, hardware reset that slams the system down and resets it WITHOUT doing an orderly shutdown of Windows.

Most systems that have RESET buttons have the RESET button switch wired directly to pins on the PC's motherboard. You need to check with your PC/Motherboard manual to see where these pins are located on your motherboard. If properly wired to the RESET button on the PC's case, pressing this button should cause a hardware RESET.

- John

05-12-2008, 03:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
~~loraandbush~~ Troubled Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 35 OS: WIN 98 ,XP	System restart button My system does not get restart when i press the restart button , but could be the reasion for it . Thanks

05-12-2008, 04:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rusty Torpedo Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 29 OS: xp service pack 2 My System	Re: System restart button hi click start control panel switch to classic view power options you can change what the restart button does in here jules

05-12-2008, 04:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnhook Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 810 OS: MS SBS 2003 SP2	Re: System restart button loraandbush, Some PCs have a "RESET" button, which is different from "RESTART". Restart is an orderly software reboot that you perform from within Windows. "RESET" is a rather forced, hardware reset that slams the system down and resets it WITHOUT doing an orderly shutdown of Windows. Most systems that have RESET buttons have the RESET button switch wired directly to pins on the PC's motherboard. You need to check with your PC/Motherboard manual to see where these pins are located on your motherboard. If properly wired to the RESET button on the PC's case, pressing this button should cause a hardware RESET. - John __________________