08-25-2008, 11:12 PM
Mrs. Buzz's venerable windoze laptop has added an undesirable behavior of late; it shuts downs while sleeping...
It didn't used to do this before installing SP3. Now, whenever it feels like it, which has been about 2 or 3X/week, at some point after going into sleep mode; monitor and hard drive off, after preset periods of inactivity, it shuts all the way down w/o warning. This is while plugged into the wall BTW. It's not on a timer, or set to hibernate, or scheduled shut down, it just does it randomly on its own volition. Battery always shows fully charged (or 98/99%), and is good for 1-1/2 to 2 hrs when not plugged in. It was a former near-TOL Compaq Evo when new 4-5 years ago, and is surprisingly still pretty peppy, except for this recent problem. It passes all the usual hardware tests, but obviously has to be getting a shut down command from somewhere. Any ideas what could be triggering this, and how to correct it? Thanks,
Buzz
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It didn't used to do this before installing SP3. Now, whenever it feels like it, which has been about 2 or 3X/week, at some point after going into sleep mode; monitor and hard drive off, after preset periods of inactivity, it shuts all the way down w/o warning. This is while plugged into the wall BTW. It's not on a timer, or set to hibernate, or scheduled shut down, it just does it randomly on its own volition. Battery always shows fully charged (or 98/99%), and is good for 1-1/2 to 2 hrs when not plugged in. It was a former near-TOL Compaq Evo when new 4-5 years ago, and is surprisingly still pretty peppy, except for this recent problem. It passes all the usual hardware tests, but obviously has to be getting a shut down command from somewhere. Any ideas what could be triggering this, and how to correct it? Thanks,
Buzz
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