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Shutdown/Restart Problem

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Every time I try to shutdown my computer, it restarts instead. I even tried to hold down the power button, but it still restarts instead. I gave it to my friend to look at it, and he said it was either a hardware problem or I should buy a new power adapter to check and see if that is the problem. (I recently had a power outage because of a storm, but my computer was plugged into a power surge!!) Should I even try to buy a power adapter, or is this case hopeless? My warranty expired just 4 months ago, so I would have to buy another desktop. Booooo, I say.
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The storm very possible damaged your PSU and possibly other hardware.

PC Specs?
Pre-Built Brand & Model Number
Custom Built-Brand & Model of Mobo-CPU-RAM-Graphics-PSU.
Hi uvcurt,

Please post your computer specs to the best of your knowledge. If you want, you can even download a good program called "Speccy" that will list your computer specs for you. Here is the link to the program: Speccy - System Information - Free Download

Posting your computer specs will definitely help better troubleshoot your computer issue. Your computer was shutting down fine obviously right before the storm?
The OP can't install or run any apps if the PC won't boot to the OS.

Every time I try to shutdown my computer, it restarts instead. I even tried to hold down the power button, but it still restarts instead.
Specs-
OS: Windows Vista 32-bit
CPU: AMD K8 43 degC, 65 nm Technology
RAM: 2.0 GB Dual Channel DDR2 @ 300MHz( 6-6-6-18)
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 03D1TV (CPU 1) 42 degC
Graphics: ([email protected]), ATI video (Dell)
Hard Drives: 244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-75M0A0 ATA Devices (SATA)
Optical Drives: TSSTCorp DVD+-RW TS-L633C ATA Device
Audio: High Definition Audio Device
The OP didn't say it wouldn't fully boot, just that it wouldn't stay off. Could it just be the switch?
I don't know. My computer works fine, but the problem is that when I go to start, then shut down, it restarts.
Not a real deep technical question, but is the power button possibly sticking?
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