Re: [CentOS] Centos 6: Dell GX270 fails to power down (but reboots)

Am 05.11.2012 19:28, schrieb James A. Peltier:

----- Original Message ----- | Hi, | | am using latest C6 on a Dell GX270 with latest Bios. | It fails to power down but restarts when running | $ sudo poweroff | | I tried some google hints for kernel boot option: | acpi=force | no help, looks like acpi is working anyway when looking in dmesg | acpi=off | makes e1000 nic fail to initialize | | Any suggestions? | Rainer

Update the BIOS. Should fix it. We had this issue a while back and the new BIOS corrected the issue.

Thx for all your answers, but latest Bios is installed (A07 from year 2006). The pc is has not crashed so far, except the poweroff thingy so I guess hw is ok. FWIW under C5 all was well.