Changing to Linux without an IT degree.
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Andy in Germany
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The button doesn't even light up when I press it.
What button? The power on button? It the PC doesn't even start a boot cycle when it's plugged in and the on button is pressed that's nothing to do with Linux, it's a hardware problem or the BIOS is corrupted. Is is a desktop or tower system or a laptop? If the former you should at least get some fans starting up and maybe a beep from the motherboard. If a laptop try holding down the power button for 10-15 seconds to do a hard reset.
Alex321
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In that case, you have a power issue, nothing to do with Linux.
Obvious question, but have you checked the fuse in the plug? Or tried a different power lead?
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Has the room also gone dark?
ColinJ
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In my telecom/tech support days, I had a customer on the phone complaining about their (rather elderly) office telephone system going down.
I was trying to talk her through some basic checks and probably a restart, when she said she couldn't see properly as it's so dark in this room and the lights aren't working.
An alarm bell rang in my head. "Why is the light not working?"
"We've had a power cut!"
"Hmmmm, I think I know why the telephone system has gone down..."
ebikeerwidnes
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I recognise that... The infamous WordPerfect helpline story!
I recognise it from a career in IT and IT support
it happens in reality!!!
Shut Up Legs
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Linux is great for the simple stuff, but not so great if you want to do complex tasks. If anything goes wrong, it can be a nightmare to sort out (and I say this as a software developer by trade). I used it for a few years, but found that I couldn't run a lot of the games I wanted to run on it, or at least it was prohibitively difficult to configure. I agree with those who recommended Linux Mint: it's pretty easy to install and use.
I had a 10 year old MacBook Air which I installed Linux Mint on, it was really easy to install. I was getting on well with it (even started using it for work stuff as there are some good scientific applications available). Got my old iPod shuffle working with it (a little bit of fussing around but it wasn't super hard). After using it for a year the damn thing kept restarting at random and I couldn't figure it out, but I assume this was a hardware issue.
I have an old Windows laptop which I'm eyeing up for the same treatment.
I have an old Windows laptop which I'm eyeing up for the same treatment.
DCBassman
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How, then, did you manage to upload that picture? Are we talking purely about the Lenovo here?
As has been said, if no lights, then no power, so check that the wall socket and the charger are doing what they should. The laptop will likely show some kind of charging LED, even when switched off. If the socket's OK, but no LED, your charger has died and now so has your battery. The other thing I was going to ask is the full model number. 82QY is a model variant, for example on the V15 laptop, it's the variant with a Slovenian keyboard layout.
Gwylan
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Glad you asked.
Alex321
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Well I don't know about him, but I have a phone, a tablet and a work PC in addition to my home PC. And all of them can access this site and upload pictures. I imagine the majority of people posting here have at least two devices they can use.
DCBassman
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Indeed, but we were discussing the one running Linux Mint, and why it won't switch on.
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