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    Vista Restarts on First Cold Boot

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by starter15, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. starter15

    starter15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I have a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ483N with Windows Vista Business Edition SP1. For some reason, everytime i first boot up my laptop Vista will automatically restart with no error messages whatsoever. I disabled the automatic restart option in vista and the same thing happens. However, once it's done the initial restart everything works normally and therefore i dont think it has anything to do with over-heating. I used to have windows xp pro sp3 and this did not happen. anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
     
    starter15, Apr 9, 2009
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Either its a hardware conflict or it's your power supply or it's your o.s. I would try formatting the hard drive.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 9, 2009
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    It sounds like a hardware issue to me. Does it do this on battery and plugged in?
     
    surfasb, Apr 9, 2009
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    yeah, it restarts whether its plugged in or running on batteries.
     
    starter15, Apr 9, 2009
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    this was a fresh install of vista.
     
    starter15, Apr 9, 2009
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