10-10-2014, 05:53 AM
If it locks up to point you can't do anything at all except force shutdown, it's best to do the following to shutdown gracefully. It's kind of like finger acrobatics or twister, but it works.
While holding down <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<SysRq> (same as PrtScn key), slowly press these keys in this order: R E I S U B (lowercase). Hold each of those letters down for at least a half second each -- that's how slow you want to type them.
While holding down <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<SysRq> (same as PrtScn key), slowly press these keys in this order: R E I S U B (lowercase). Hold each of those letters down for at least a half second each -- that's how slow you want to type them.
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