power button

Hi all, I frequently put my laptop (HP 8540p) into sleep mode and in that respect, it works fine. The problem is in getting out of sleep mode, which I do by pressing the laptop's power button. Sometimes it'll wake up immediately like normal, but more and more lately, it just kills the power...

So At random times my computer screen will turn black and i cant DO ANYTHING :confused: And when i go to hold the power button it only need 1 click on it Please help this has cost me 1 project (unsaved) and alot of damaged data:(

Heya, I recently had this problem: Link Removed Its the exact same problem. The screen's power button blinks. I unplugged the computer and tested all connections and dedusted all fans. Everything works ok in safe mode. But I can't trust my computer to start up correct in normal mode. Does...

Machine was working fine until about the time the message about Windows update causing a black screen of death came out. It's used as a media centre with twin dvb-s tuners and one dvb-t. That all works fine, and the machine goes back to sleep after half an hour. However, sometimes it just...

I recently made a post about the sleep issue, but to rephrase, I was having trouble with my Acer Aspire 4810T sleeping when I closed the lid, but I managed to fix it by changing the properties for my wifi card so that it would not wake up the computer. The other day I downloaded a driver update...

Hello, I hope you are well. I think that the Power Button in the Start Menu, where users can choose for it to Lock, Sleep, Hibernate, and Shutdown their computers, is very useful. I'd like to somehow tweak it even further, but am not sure if this is even remotely possible. Is there any way I...

512 mb ram Dell dimension 5000 there is a PC in my house that is totally messed up.. there are two main problems: First of all: When it is on it ranges from 2 minutes to 1 hour, but the screen just freezes. nothing you can do about it. it just freezes no mouse, keyboard or screen works. now i...

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I have a E1505 laptop that powers the media center on the left. and powers the os on the right. To install media center I was told that would have to install first and then the os. Assuming I install windows 7 this fall how will I get the media center power button to work correctly or in other...

I set the Sleep settings to 15min for screen and 45min for computer. A few days later my main power button no longer worked after shutdown. Luckily my mobo has onboard Power and Reset buttons and these worked fine. I also noticed that an error popup says Windows Live messenger no longer works...

I have had Windows 7 since the original beta was released and recently (about a week ago) updated to the release candidate... Immediately the OS seemed glitchier than the beta copy that i had. After i updated the system began to go to sleep and then i couldn't wake it up with the keyboard or the...

Have a 1505 inspirion Dell dual core. The laptop powers on Media Direct on the left and POwers on os on the right. I've installed windows 7 which takes up full bios. To get media direct installed CORRECTLY do I have to wait until the final windows comes out and then install Media Direct First or...

So when i select shutdown on windows 7 it shows logging off but then stays on that. So im there 5 minutes and it stays at logging off with the circle going round. I have to hold the power button to shut it off. It dident do this before. Just after my system crashed from a usb device. Please help

I have been troubleshooting an issue for a week where the p.c. goes through normal quick shutdown process but just restarts instead of shutting down.. It started after I clean installed 7100 on an old Gateway that had been running 7000 fine for 3 months. WHen it became impossible to fix I...

Hello everyone, I've been having a problem with Vista lately, when I shut down my PC Vista shuts down correctly showing me the usual procedure, but when my monitor says "No video input" ( meaning Vista has shut down) my Computer is still on. Its quite annoying because I have to shut it down...

Look at the screenshot. The problem started when explorer freezed, and i needed to restart my computer. It stod still at 'Logging off' so i needed to use the powerbutton. When i started next time, this is what happend. This is the second time it happend, on different computers. Link Removed...

Every time I try to shutdown or restart the Windows 7 build 7000, it doesn't do anything. I have to press the power button and shut it down manually. What can be the problem?

I have a dell xps 630 with windows 7 on it and when it goes to sleep it can not be woke up. It wont wake from keyboard and mouse or from pushing the power button. It wont even turn off if i hold the power button, i have to unplug it. Any ideas? BIOS or windows Problem??

Machine is set to sleep mode, goes to sleep at the set time of 30 minutes, case power light is off, fans off. At about 5 minutes re-start and then turn off right away, power light stays on, fans stays off. Inboard IR doesn't turn machine on by remote, can turn on and off before case power...

Hi there! I just got my new HP w2408h display. Before I had a Samsung 940BF and had none of the following issues: Whenever the screen is turned off (by me via power button on the display or by Windows (Stand By, ...)) and is then turned on again, the wallpaper is removed and the screen runs...