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    Physical power button won't hibernate(Vista)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by SJ393, May 2, 2007.

  1. SJ393

    SJ393 Notebook Geek

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    Hello,
    Does anyone here have vista installed on their thinkpads? I just realized that my power button won't function in vista. I am talking about the physical button on the keyboard. I set in "power option" to "hibernate" when power button is pushed, but it won't do. Basically, it won't function at all, weather it's sleep, hibernate or shutdown.

    Am I alone on this issue? or is there something I didn't do. I have power management driver installed and power manager. The computer can hibernate no problem through other means, i.e., through start menu, hibernate, or fn + f12.

    Vista just don't respond to my physical power button. Any help or input is highly appreciated.

    thanks.
     
    SJ393, May 2, 2007
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  2. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    You might want to see if there's an update on the Lenovo website. I know they just released a critical BIOS update.
     
    Rodster, May 2, 2007
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  3. cvec7

    cvec7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I haven't tried pressing it on my T60 yet, but I'll set mine to sleep in a few minutes and see if it works.
     
    cvec7, May 2, 2007
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  4. cvec7

    cvec7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I just tried it on mine. Same deal. Doesn't do anything. I don't have time to mess with it though. And it's not exactly a big deal to me... I'll play with it once I have more free time.
     
    cvec7, May 3, 2007
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  5. chaosrl

    chaosrl Notebook Consultant

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    How long have you been holding the button down? I have mine set to sleep (I think, I never use it) but when I first got the laptop and was playing around with it, holding it down for like 3 seconds puts it to whatever function you define where as if you keep holding it it will shut off. I think this is to prevent accidentally hitting the power button and turning it off on accident.
     
    chaosrl, May 3, 2007
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  6. cvec7

    cvec7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahh, excellent design idea. I've been dumb on previous laptops and accidentally hit the power button before only to have it shut down on me. I'll try holding it for 3 secs...
     
    cvec7, May 3, 2007
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  7. oodsfnsdfz

    oodsfnsdfz Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, that is true on R40 it was 1-2 seconds you had to hold the button pressed. It is one of the things why I love IBM-s :)

    The other thing is volume control (buttons) which work all the time and without OS support. Have you logged-in or not or is it locked - it doe's not matter. It always works (at least it was this way :) )!
     
    oodsfnsdfz, May 4, 2007
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