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    notebook does not finish power off sequence after sleep

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by elito, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. elito

    elito Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since a couple of months, randomly after I close the lid my F12 does not power off. It should change the power indicator to orange and turn off all other lights.
    Instead, I have a dark screen, the disk light showing some periodic activity and the power indicator still in green.
    After maybe 30 minutes or more, the system powers off completely and when I power on it acts as if improperly shutdown.
    Any ideas ? suggestions ?
     
    elito, Apr 24, 2011
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  2. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    Have you tried restoring the system to an earlier point (when it was working fine) or reinstalling windows?

    I think those are your best shots...
     
    Gracy123, Apr 24, 2011
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    elito Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried restoring. Was hoping to avoid re-installing. THx
     
    elito, Apr 24, 2011
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    The problem is I can't think of any way to find out what exactly hangs :mask:

    maybe with some logging software... but I'm afraid the time you need to invest in researching will be more than just reinstalling the system :-/
     
    Gracy123, Apr 24, 2011
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  5. beaups

    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    ^You should be able to dig through event viewer to find which application is responding in a timely fashion.
     
    beaups, Apr 24, 2011
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    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    On the older FW series had the same issue - Sony put out a registry update for the USB drives that did not want to respond correctly after sleep (especially if something plugged into them).
    Check the Sony page for your model - possibly something is there?
    Else concur on the event viewer mentioned by beaups.
     
    J&SinKTO, Apr 25, 2011
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    XTACTIC Notebook Consultant

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    I also HAD the same problem. I think it STILL happens sometimes too, when i have WWAN/GPS enabled and attempt to shutdown (sometimes). Once I have that disabled, it shuts down fast. It also shut down much faster with the Wi-Fi switch flicked to OFF.

    There was nothing in the event viewer and no error found, which was weird indeed.
     
    XTACTIC, Apr 25, 2011
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