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    ACER Aspire One AOA150-1447 Stand by freezes

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by chikai, May 23, 2009.

  1. chikai

    chikai Newbie

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    Hello,

    I've had this Aspire One for over two weeks and am having a blast with it. On the second week I have noticed that when it goes to "stand by", either by itself or when I direct it to, the laptop completely freezes. The hard drive and processor are running because a few times it has ran the battery dry.

    When I try to bring it out of stand by mode it doesn't want to. No matter what key button I hit or tapping on the power button...nothing works.

    I usually have to do a hard reboot by holding the power button.

    Anyone have a solution for this?

    Cheers
    chikai
     
    chikai, May 23, 2009
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  2. wozofoz

    wozofoz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the same problem
    I did the following at the end of January 09 and I now use StandBy all the time, except overnight. I have never had a problem since.

    Here is the procedure I followed:

    1) Start
    2) My Computer
    3) View System Information
    OR 1) + 2) + 3) = Fn + F2
    4) Hardware
    5) Device Manager
    6) Expand: 'Imaging Devices'
    7) Right Click: 'Acer Crystal Eye webcam' Select: 'Update Driver'
    8) Select: 'No, not this time'
    9) Select: 'Install from specific location'
    10) Select: 'Don't search, I will choose the driver to install'
    11) Select: 'USB Composite Device'
    12) Restart the computer (you should be prompted to restart)

    NOTE:
    After doing this procedure:
    Start > My Computer will show 'USB Video Device' under 'Scanners and Cameras'
    Expanding 'Imaging Devices' (step# 6) will show 'USB Video Device'

    Acer Crystal Eye Webcam will now appear under 'Universal Serial Bus controllers' (the list in 'Device Manager' step# 5)
    If you wish to re-enable the Acer Crystal Eye Webcam then follow the procedure from Step 7)

    Further Note:
    I got my BIOS updated to Version 0.3309 (Acer did it) in the hope that it would fix this StandBy problem but the BIOS update did not fix it.
    I then changed the WebCam settings which fixed it.
    But, I don't know if it is necessary to have this BIOS update done as well.
    Someone else can probably tell you how to flash/update the BIOS yourself, I found it too scary and did not have the proper 'ingredients' anyway ;)

    If interested, you can read the whole drama (plus some great tips from my friends) at NoteBook Review's sister site BrightHand in the Thread Woz Buys a NetBook! :)

    All the best, woz of oz
     
    wozofoz, May 23, 2009
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