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    Asus g50v shutdown problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by cy246, Feb 3, 2009.

  1. cy246

    cy246 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey sometimes when i shut down my asus g50v a1 it doesn;t shut down, for example it is just stuck at the shutdown screen, i left it on for 15 min once and it still didn;t shut down, is there any solution to this?
     
    cy246, Feb 3, 2009
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  2. Delta_CT

    Delta_CT Notebook Evangelist

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    Check your processes and see if any are not ending when they should. I have this problem when I run a certain program on my desktop with XP - the process doesn't terminate when I exit the program.
     
    Delta_CT, Feb 3, 2009
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    Are you perchance running Avast? I had the same problem and switching from Avast to Avira fixed it. Apparently Avast doesn't get along well with Vista 64.
     
    mrsamsa, Feb 3, 2009
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    Keep an eye on this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=347915

    Inability to shutdown or log off or restart was one of the initial symptoms I noticed before my notebook would not display the Windows Vista desktop and began to hang. I worked out my own solution but am still wondering about the cause.

    Jeremy
     
    jxtx, Feb 3, 2009
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  5. cy246

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    i do not have avast, all i have on this is the latest bios
     
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    anyone else have suggestions?
     
    cy246, Feb 6, 2009
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    Yes check what Delta said, one of your programs is still running and preventing a shut down.

    Learux
     
    Learux, Feb 6, 2009
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    what does the paging files do?
     
    cy246, Feb 9, 2009
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    Essentially holds data that doesn't fit into available RAM for quicker call-up when the OS needs it, rather than searching around the HDD for it.
     
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    Try turning off the shutdown sound, I think it's called exit windows in control panel-sounds
     
    stealthl, Feb 9, 2009
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    if i disable it will it affect anything ?
     
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    no, it just turns off the shutdown sound.
     
    stealthl, Feb 9, 2009
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    oh i meant for the paging file thing.
     
    cy246, Feb 10, 2009
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    I've had this problem with my G50v the entire time I've owned it. It's by FAR the #1 problem I have with this laptop. It fails to shut down in the same way you described 25% of the time, and fails to goto sleep in the same fashion 25% of the time. It's driving me insane.

    I have no fixes.
     
    thatdaveguy, Feb 10, 2009
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  16. Delta_CT

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    These problems continue to persist after a clean install?
     
    Delta_CT, Feb 10, 2009
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    i did a reformat and the problems still occur
     
    cy246, Feb 11, 2009
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    Hmmmm. I'd suspect a hardware problem then. Better talk to Asus support.
     
    Delta_CT, Feb 11, 2009
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    i believe it started happening when i updates the bios to 1.09 is there anyways to roll back the bios to a lower version?
     
    cy246, Feb 11, 2009
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    I updated it to bios 1.10 and everything works perfectly!
     
    cy246, Feb 12, 2009
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    Glad to hear the problems been resolved :D
     
    Roland@XoticPC, Feb 12, 2009
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    its weird because back in 1.09 when i ran a virus scan it would always freeze on scanning asus proc server or something now with 1.10 i can do full scans and shutdown and restart :)
     
    cy246, Feb 13, 2009
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