A big big problem

[GMan]

Last night there was a storm.I turned off the pc but i forgot to plug out the internet cable.And around 3pm it appiers that something happend and my lan card[the one on the motherboard] exploaded.And from then everithing seems normal,exept 1 thing-from then i cant shutdown my pc like normal-i have to plug out the power cable.Whenever i give the shutdown command-it restarts.Can anyone help me fix the problem ? Pls answer back!

[AceMastermind]

What OS are you using?
Try shutting down with this command and see what happens:

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shutdown -s -t 01

If all else fails then I would press and hold the Power button until it shuts down rather than pulling the plug.
Edit: fixed^^

A little searching led me to this site:
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm
even though it talks of older operating systems the information may still be relevant to your problem.

[Dohnutt]

If all else fails then I would press and hold the Power button for 3 seconds to shut it down rather than pulling the plug.

With some computers, you may have to hold it longer. For instance, my computer, you hold it for 7 seconds.

[GMan]

What OS are you using?
Try shutting down with this command and see what happens:

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shutdown -s -t 01

If all else fails then I would press and hold the Power button until it shuts down rather than pulling the plug.

The command line does the same as the shutdown button - restrats the pc
And just to ask you,Ace when i do the process with the power up button,will it save my data as when i shut it down[without the screens]?

[Teancum]

Use System Restore to roll your system back to an earlier date. Just pick a date before things started going funny. If system restore doesn't fix it it may be a hardware issue.

[GMan]

I think that something's wrong with the motherboard because my integrated lan card is dead.Well thanks for the help guys anyway

[obiboba3po]

Use System Restore to roll your system back to an earlier date. Just pick a date before things started going funny. If system restore doesn't fix it it may be a hardware issue.

yup definitely try that if nothing works.
also is this windows? cause a lot of windows computers you have to tame and these stupid bugs stop happening. (i got a similar bug where it would never finish shutting down and a system restore fixed it.) i know it sounds funny but its true lol

[GMan]

Nope doesn't help just reinstalled my win xp and the problem's the same I think there's only 1 thing left - buy a new motherboard[some cheap one because its for my older pc]