Dell Dimension 3000 reboots following shutdown

wfischer · 08-04-2010, 03:52 AM

Hello - I am trying to set up a somewhat older Dell as a test box. I installed Fedora 13 on it.

When I attempt to shut down the system, it reboots and powers back on. I have attempted shutdown using the GUI, and variations of shutdown, init and halt.

All of these result in the PC powering back on. The only way for me to power off the system is to press and hold the power button.

Has anyone seen this before?

pwc101 · 08-04-2010, 04:14 AM

I had the same problem on my PC. In the end, I think it was related to ACPI and trying to suspend the machine to RAM. The easiest solution for me was to reset the BIOS using the jumper on the motherboard. I didn't try to restore the BIOS to default settings, though that may have worked.