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Hello71

12:28 AM

@Sathya: Try the edit feature (not available now since there's been more than some 5 minutes).

Sathya

@Hello71 My connection got timed out, so I was unable to edit it.

Q: [Restart] vs [Shutdown + Start]

Is there any difference in the way restart and shutdown + start are handled by a machine? If it is OS specific, then consider Windows and Fedora.

Could've sworn this is a duplicate but I can't find the dupe post.

random

Q: WinXP: Difference between Log Off and Restart

Other than the obvious.. What's happening behind the scenes when you log off? Why is it necessary to restart the computer for certain configurations to take effect?

windows-xp reboot

Or maybe this one:

Q: Why does starting up while cold make a laptop run slowly until I restart it after it's warmed up?

I have a Dell Latitude D520 that lives in my car all the time. Please don't ask about that part, or suggest that the laptop should live indoors. I know this, and I would if I could. Anyhow... I find that if the outside temperature is below freezing, when I bring the laptop indoors and start i...

hardware laptop speed temperature

Sathya

It isn't either of those @random there was an answer by @Ignacio referencing an ACPI routine for reboot / shutdown

A: how does reboot work ?

It frobs an I/O location which pulls a data line low which tells the CPU that it should stop whatever it's doing and start running code from a certain location in the BIOS.