Why when I push the start button on my computer it starts the components running only?

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Published on 2010-02-11T23:27:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 21:31 UTC
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Why when I push the start button on my computer it starts the components running, but I have to push it again to boot system start up. I started doing this out of the blue. It happens with any opperating system.

Do you think it is a BIOS thing?

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