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    Are all asus laptops like that ?????

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by bunta, Jan 27, 2007.

  1. bunta

    bunta Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    (first time laptop owner)
    I own an Asus a7j. Its about 2 months old. PLease help diagnose the problems that i have.

    Every once in a while, the laptop would not come out of standby. THe screen wouldn't light up regardless of which key i push. So, I would have to press the power button, but when i do that, it hibernates. Then i would press the power button again, and only then the screen would light up. This happens only every once in a while. Id say in the 2 months that ive owned this laptop, it happened 5 times total.

    Also, i have my windows appearance set as "Classic" but every once in a while, when i reboot the desktop, the system would change itself into "XP" style. Its very weird but i cant diagnose it cuz it only happens every once in a while..

    Both do not happen at the same time....Is there a hotfix for this??
     
    bunta, Jan 27, 2007
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  2. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds quite odd to me... but the latter problem you described makes me think it's perhaps a software bug. I'm not sure if there are any hotfixes for something like this...
     
    AuroraS, Jan 27, 2007
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  3. BENDER

    BENDER EX-NBR member :'(

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    Go to the power options in the screen saver setting and uncheck "Require a password on wakeup"

    To permanently set the theme to classic, turn off the theme service from services.msc. Run->services.msc
     
    BENDER, Jan 27, 2007
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    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    chrisyano, Jan 27, 2007
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    Scarf_Face Notebook Geek

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    Scarf_Face, Mar 20, 2007
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  6. Hello-

    Hello- Notebook Consultant

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    Try to close the lcd all the way and open it again.
     
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  7. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Not all asus laptops are like that having the prob. Try using fn+F7 to turn off/on the LCD backlight see if it works.
     
    System64, Mar 20, 2007
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Otherwise, as a less time consuming solution instead of putting the computer into hibernation just put it into standby and wake it up by pressing Control. Takes only a few seconds.

    And I agree with the comment about stopping the Themes service. In addition to getting rid of your problem, it will also release some system resources that are currently wasted on your system.

    edit: to put the notebook into standby without access to the display, press Function+F4.
     
    E.B.E., Mar 21, 2007
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  9. mujtaba

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    A fix for this problem is to prevent the windows from turning off the monitor.
     
    mujtaba, Mar 21, 2007
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  10. linsook

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    update bios.
     
    linsook, Mar 21, 2007
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  11. PJPeter

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    Try closing the lid then opening it again.

    Cat
     
    PJPeter, Mar 21, 2007
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