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cazuza

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Registered: 2014-05-04

Posts: 26

Blank screen after poweroff

First of all, sorry for my language. I'm french (I've posted my problem on the french forum here but it hasn't been solved yet.

THE PROBLEM :
When I shutdown my desktop computer using any command ('shutdown -h now' 'halt' of using the syslinux poweroff, and even when I try to suspend with 'pm-suspend'), I have a blank screen when I try to turn the PC on. And then the screen says "no signal". Even the BIOS doesn't appear.
I have to use the RESET button of my tower to see the BIOS appear
First I didn't have the problem with the command 'reboot', but it's the same now (since I changed my CMOS battery).
And since that I have also to RESET several times to get the BIOS.

MY CONFIG :
- kernel : 3.14.2-1-ARCH
- openbox + slim
- bootloader syslinux
- graphic card : NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS + current Nvidia driver (my card is not recognized by 'nouveau')
- motherboard : ASUSTeK P5PL2-E
- BIOS version : 0904 (up to date stable version)
- CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
- Screen : ACER G246HL (DVI connected)

WHAT I'VE TRIED SO FAR :
- unplug the computer, wait, plug it.
- reinstall the packages : nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-libgl xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils
- boot on the arch's liveUSB and shutdown from there >> same problem
- boot with the kernel options 'noacpi noapic nolapic'
- desactivate the QuickBoot option on the BIOS (it seemed to work but finally not)
- use the LTS kernel
- open the computer and clean everything inside, check that everything is OK, even change the CMOS battery
- run memetest86+ >> no error
- check the CPU temperature

WHAT I FOUND (quite similar):
http://support.asus.com/faq/detail.aspx … 732A11F1E2

Please help :'(

Last edited by cazuza (2014-05-04 16:12:43)