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Vostro 1700 randomly hibernating

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  • 05-05-2008 5:54pm
    #1
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭


    My Vostro is just randomly hibernating, I've checked the power settings and all is in order. It's only about 3 months old. It started last night when I was watching a movie and it kept resizing the window from full-screen and today it just hebernates if left alone for a few minutes?!?:confused::confused:

    I have AVG Pro and a full scan showed up nothing.

    Any ideas?


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Sounds like it could be a keyboard related issue. Possiblity of it malfuctioning giving the hibernation (ie.FN+F2 or whatever) plus the minimising of windows etc. Although having said that theres numerous other things that could be causing it too.
    Have you tried a system restore to say a week ago, or try loading the system in Safe Mode and using it for an hour or two to see do the symptoms present themselves when only the bare minimum is loaded, just to rule out a hardware issue.


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Will do majiktrip, it's grand when I'm using it constantly, typing an essay etc. but if I stand up and leave it or try using fullscreen. Pretty annoying.


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    Rowley Birkin QC
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    System restore worked a treat.

    Cheers


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    Rowley Birkin QC
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    This is happening again :(:(

    Extremely frustrating, after about 2 minutes the display goes black and I am brought to the log in screen. I have changed all the power options and none of it makes any difference.

    Tried a system restore again and had no effect. I really am at the end of my tether here regarding this issue.

    Any and all help extremely appreciated. :confused::confused:


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929734/

    I think this might be the issue. Anyone else used the fix?


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Argh, it's back again!

    Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

    Sorry for resurrecting the thread but it saves explaining what I've tried so far.


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    Alanstrainor
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    bigkev49 wrote: »
    Sorry for resurrecting the thread but it saves explaining what I've tried so far.

    Dont worry about it!
    Hve you tried a reinstall of windows? I think it's called for at this stage, remember to backup all your data as doing a reinstall will wipe your data.


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Hve you tried a reinstall of windows? I think it's called for at this stage, remember to backup all your data as doing a reinstall will wipe your data.

    Haven't gone as far as that yet. I wouldn't be entirely comfortable with doing it myself.


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