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    P170HM goes to sleep randomly (no shutdown)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by doombug90, Mar 27, 2015.

  1. doombug90

    doombug90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey,

    It has been a while since I posted in these forums.

    Sadly, I've been experiencing some problems with my aging lappie.

    The interesting thing is that it goes to sleep randomly. It is not shutting down, which I know is worse. But is this a symptom of hardware failure as well? This kind of occurs kind of frequently now and figured I should ask. I don't loose any data, because if I power it up again, I can pick up where I left off. At least I don't loose any work, but it kind of worries me.

    I had it for 3 and a half years now, and I'm not expecting it to last for much longer, but random sleeps? That's annoying...

    Maybe it's something else, I don't know...

    Oh yea, and I forgot to mention that I did not change my battery like, at all since I have the lap, cuz I mostly use it plugged in. Still, the battery is like 90% worn off. Could that be a problem?

    Specs below
     
    doombug90, Mar 27, 2015
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  2. Ethrem

    Ethrem Notebook Prophet

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    Is your power button being wonky? Try going in your power settings and change the power button action to do nothing and see if that fixes it.
     
    Ethrem, Mar 27, 2015
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  3. doombug90

    doombug90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok... let's see if that solves it.
     
    doombug90, Mar 27, 2015
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  4. Prostar Computer

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    Yes, your power plan settings should be the first place to look. Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Maybe at least after a certain time has elapsed?
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 31, 2015
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  5. Srikar

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    I had the same problem on my EM. Would randomly go to sleep or hibernate out of nowhere. While playing games, while idle, just whenever it wanted and at random times. I think a Windows update stopped it from doing that.
     
    Srikar, Mar 31, 2015
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  6. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    Windows updates are a good suggestion, we've seen that help with random things like this as well.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Mar 31, 2015
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