[kde-linux] Accident loses sound

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 22:15, david wrote:
> >>
> >> Powered down, yes - also unplugged or no longer receiving AC power? The
> >> Dells that suffered the problem I mentioned easily retained their memory
> >> contents when shutdown overnight because the system was still receiving
> >> power from the mains.
> >
> > Possible - this box and my server are on a shared UPS, so if it doesn't
> > shut down *completely* it would have access to power.
>
> So it's possible that some trickle current is still keeping things alive
> on the motherboard. To clear it, try unplugging your box's power cord
> from the UPS for a few minutes. That's what it took with the problematic
> Dell machines.

Since all is well now I'll leave it alone, but I'll bear that in mind if I 
ever have a similar problem.  Thanks for the tip

Anne
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