Lap Top Problems

[Mr Ontario]

Lap Top was in hibernation and then came back and screen was black. Now can't turn it on or off....The battery is plugged in. Would love to re-start it by cant turn it off.
What next?

[gsxr750]

Hold the power button in for about 5 seconds to shut it down.

If not pull the power / battery and put it back in.

XP or Vista?

[Mr Ontario]

XP
Pulling the battery out worked. But what cause it?

Not my computer of course....you know who's :)



Hold the power button in for about 5 seconds to shut it down.

If not pull the power / battery and put it back in.

XP or Vista?

[gsxr750]

Alot of hardware doesn't like hibernation.. Try using standby mode, there is better reliability.

Run Windows Update and make sure you've got the latest updates and then apply this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4CBC68D2-09E1-4511-AF14-03F357180135&displaylang=en

[Mr Ontario]

How do run the windows update?


Alot of hardware doesn't like hibernation.. Try using standby mode, there is better reliability.

Run Windows Update and make sure you've got the latest updates and then apply this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4CBC68D2-09E1-4511-AF14-03F357180135&displaylang=en

[gsxr750]

Just click on Tools at the top of your browser Window assuming you're using IE, should be there.

Basically it will scan your computer and update you with the latest patches etc. Should help. If it doesn't, then I can help you make it use Standby instead of Hibernate.

[gsxr750]

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll144/szyslakster/midget2.gif

[guest]

maybe some crabs from your lap crawled in there and short circuited it?

[Canadian Bodybuilding]

Now the opposite problem. I have a crazy computer than hibernates then 3-4 hours later wakes up by itself and stays on indefinately. GRRRRRR.

[cedric]

Now the opposite problem. I have a crazy computer than hibernates then 3-4 hours later wakes up by itself and stays on indefinately. GRRRRRR.

check in the bios . might be something like. 'wake on lan'

[IronRobi]

When you try to cum on a girl's face, it's supposed to be a real girl. Not your laptop screen that has a video playing. That just leads to problems like this! Throw it out and buy a new one and use a damn kleenex or something next time. God.

[RagingRandy]

Now the opposite problem. I have a crazy computer than hibernates then 3-4 hours later wakes up by itself and stays on indefinately. GRRRRRR.

Trojans can have this affect. Definitely go through your power setting in both the bios and Windows, as was suggested.

[Big D]

my laptop on start up beeps twice then a black screen pops up saying no bootable devices, I have to power it off then put it on again and it works fine, but it does this very often. any ideas ??

[Freebsd1977]

my laptop on start up beeps twice then a black screen pops up saying no bootable devices, I have to power it off then put it on again and it works fine, but it does this very often. any ideas ??

No bootable device is your hard drive, so here's the potential problems:

- dying hd
- dying mobo
- loose hd connector

[RagingRandy]

my laptop on start up beeps twice then a black screen pops up saying no bootable devices, I have to power it off then put it on again and it works fine, but it does this very often. any ideas ??

Make sure you have a backup of all you important info. This is not a good sign. The above diagnosis is correct.

[Big D]

thats weird, just bought the dam laptop off Dell about 8 months ago

[RagingRandy]

thats weird, just bought the dam laptop off Dell about 8 months ago

Dell.....that made the diagnosis easy. Get a trouble ticket started before the year warranty is up.

[Big D]

but the weird thing is i downloaded a trial version of Avg a few months ago, for the whole duration of the trial i never had that problem.

[gsxr750]

Could be an Anti CMOS virus affecting the master boot record or CMOS causing issues with hard drive detection...

[Freebsd1977]

Could be an Anti CMOS virus affecting the master boot record or CMOS causing issues with hard drive detection...

Now that's old school, damn that brought back memories. :friday

[Big D]

thanks for the help boys

[gsxr750]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/jojoasdfx2/1205150004013.gif

[Mr Ontario]

wtf...is that animal abuse lol


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/jojoasdfx2/1205150004013.gif

[gsxr750]

No dog was fine, it is just not the smartest.

[Freebsd1977]

No dog was fine, it is just not the smartest.

Jesus, hahaha, that video is horrible to watch but funny at the same time.