Originally Posted by HDMI:
“Sorry Chris you message confused me on my Apple iPad on the top right hand corner is a button I have always pressed to power down I then get a bar across the screen to turn power off pressing the button does nothing now”
You need to reset your iPad. To do this you need to hold down the button on the side, the one you mentioned but at the same time hold down the round button that is on the bezel, it has a square box drawn in the middle of it.
Hold both down together until your iPad goes off and the Apple logo appears.
This reset is similar to pulling the battery which of course you can't do.