Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
But sometimes.............
... that didn't work either, nothing at all worked, and you had to use
the big orange toggle switch on the side of the box.
Let me amend my previous statement:
You can always reset a computer -- IF the designer included a
hardware reset switch that you can find.
On the bottom of a laptop and you will usually find a recessed reset
switch that can be pressed with a ballpoint pen. With HP desktops,
hold down the front power switch for several seconds.
In other words the microprocessor always has a hardware interrupt
line but certain witless designers don't let you push it. Plan B is
to cut off AC power and (even) remove all batteries.
- Jed
