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    Help! Vaio Z doesn`t power off after mainboard switch!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by SirRobin, Jul 11, 2009.

  1. SirRobin

    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi!

    Yesterday a sony partner changed the mainboard in my z. Vista runs fine but the z didn´t power off! When i shutdown the system it will reboot!

    Hibernation and Standby also doesn´t work - the screen went black, hdd is working and after a few seconds the desktop is back!

    Help! What can i do? I´ve tested some of the recovery points without success.

    Same problem when starting in safe mode!

    For information: when shut down in the bios everything is ok, also when booting from an ubuntu cd!

    There must be a way to fix this - i hope without doing a system restore from the dvds.... :(
     
    SirRobin, Jul 11, 2009
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  2. Phil

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    Why don't you go back to the Sony Partner?

    In case you don't want to, reinstalling the OS that would be the thing to do. Maybe the new mainboard is slightly different.
     
    Phil, Jul 11, 2009
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  3. SirRobin

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    I´m hoping that there is a resolution without reinstall os. i´m not shure but in my minds i´m reinstalling and after that the problem is the same.
     
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  4. SirRobin

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    I´m trying recovery now - hope that will fix that error.
     
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    Keep us posted!
     
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    Nothing changed. Allready the same problems. I think the new mainboard caused this error. .
     
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    I already asked but I will try again :)

     
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  8. SirRobin

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    Will do this on monday - i´ve the business support on that machine, so they will do this in my office ;)
     
    SirRobin, Jul 11, 2009
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    Tomorrow i´ll get the third mainboard. I hope everything will run fine. Installed my machine after recovery on sunday.
     
    SirRobin, Jul 13, 2009
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