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Fast Startup Issues: Shutdown failing
I have a Dell Inspiron and I just recently switched the palm rest and base cover. These are two very trivial fixes and to be honest I wouldn't expect them to have any direct cause in this issue. Since ...
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Lenovo thinkpad laptop shutting down on its own
I have a very weird problem with my lenovo thinkpad E540.
Sometimes when I use the laptop it shows a message that the battery is very low and the laptop shuts down on its own. Perhaps i should say ...
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Ethernet plug light no longer shuts off, even when laptop completely shut down
The ethernet light used to shut off and stay off when I close the lid (hibernate) or even sleep. Now as of a few weeks ago it turns off briefly then comes back on and stays on even if I shut down. I ...
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Windows 10 laptop shuts down instead of sleep
For the past few days, my Acer laptop keeps shutting down whenever I close the lid or when I try to put it to sleep. When I choose "sleep" and I close the lid, and when I open it again, it takes a ...
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My laptop does strange behaviors, what could be the reason?
I bought a used laptop and it doesn't shutdown. It only restarts. I mean after shutting it down it powers on automatically and immediately.
If I'm on windows (after booting into windows), I have to ...
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Laptop cuts power off after 30 minutes on the clock
I have an Asus N56VZ laptop which recently started to cut off the power after precisely 30 minutes after it is turned on.
By cutting off power I mean it does not properly shutdown, but rather one ...
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My laptop fan doesn't achieve full speed as it needs to be and shuts down from heat(?) while gaming. I am suspicious about OS fan throttling
I have a Samsung laptop which is around 7 yrs old. I have a dual boot (legacy) of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. While I am using memtest64 (It is located before the boot), laptop fan can get its full ...
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High pitch whine followed by static - laptop battery
I was reinstalling windows on my girlfriend's laptop when a strange buzzing came from the battery and the pc shut down.
After multiple attempts to install windows 10, then 8, then 7...
After a day and ...
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my computer just shuts down randomly
i have a windows 7 32 bit machine (running on a compaq615)
it used to work great but now it just shuts down even i the easiest tasks
i tried switching to windows 10 pro 64 bit it works but still ...
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Windows 10 not automatically shutting down
I have a Windows 10 Lenovo laptop that, after being closed, will go into sleep mode for about 8 hours and then is supposedly supposed to shut down. However, it does not do this; after 8 hours, it ...
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Dell precision 5510 - unplugging power cable while in sleep mode causes unexpected shutdown
When the power cable is connected and the computer is put in sleep mode it wakes up fine. If I unplug the cable after the computer was put in sleep mode, or if I put it to sleep mode after I have ...
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sony vaio SVF153A1YM laptop shuts down after ~30 min
I've got a laptop with a Win 10 on it and a a certain point it just started shutting down (in a hard way). I've made following investigation so far:
tried to run in in BIOS
removed hard drive
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Upgraded laptop battery and sudden shutdown of HP Laptop
With installation of a new battery in an HP Elitebook 8540w, an issue arises when the connected charger is disconnected from mains power. The computer with no warning immediately shuts down. It does ...
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Laptop turning Off randomly without warning
I have HP dv6 pavilion laptop, it is turning off suddenly and randomly without any warning.what I have tried:
Checked for heat issue and cleaned up the fan and replaced the sink paste too.
checked ...
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Asus laptop shuts off randomly
I Have X541U Asus laptop with Windows 10 and it is about a year old. Initially the laptop was fine but recently it has started randomly shutting down without warning when not plugged in.
I am not ...
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Diagnosing the reason of Kernel Panic and forcible shutdowns on a Win 10 Laptop
I have a laptop purchased in 2014 with the following spec:
XMG U705 ULTIMATE Gaming Notebook
. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8192MB GDDR5 with G-Sync
. Intel Core i7-4790 | 4 Kerne | 8 Threads | 3,6 - 4,...
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Power on laptop with lid closed from shutdown/hibernation
here is my situation:
I have an Aspire A315-41 that I use with an external monitor and an external wired keyboard.
The laptop is closed and positioned below the monitor stand.
I want to specify that I ...
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Turn on laptop with a mouse or keyboard
I have a laptop MSI GT70 2PC Dominator. How to setup this to be able to turn on with a external mouse or keyboard (USB connected)?
These are my BIOS settings.
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Acer laptop won't power off
I have an Acer E5 575G running Windows 10. After using the laptop for less than about 3 hours it will shutdown normally (LED turns off).
If I use it for more than about 3 hours when I shutdown ...
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Lenovo Laptop Shutdown, sleep and hibernate issues
I have a Lenovo B590 laptop. Its old. I'm having a issue in it.
Windows 10:
When I shutdown the screen turns off but the lights stay on. When I sleep, it doesn't wake up and when I hibernate it, it ...
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How to disable "5 seconds power button shut off" on a laptop?
I know this is a pretty dangerous action to do but I'd like to disable the (hardware?) feature that immediately shuts the computer down when you hold the power button for 5 seconds or so.
I have an ...
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Laptop randomly shuts down after latest Windows 10 update
Since the latest update of Windows 10 my computer decides to randomly shut down after every couple of minutes. First the screen goes black, then the sounds stops and after quite a while the power also ...
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Computer Shutting Down at ~50% Battery
My laptop is unexpectedly turning off when it reaches about around 50% battery, but the actual level can be anywhere between 40% and 60%. It never turns off when plugged in. Whenever it does shut off, ...
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Laptop shutting down while asleep
My Windows 10 laptop is shutting down when it should be sleeping. I put it to sleep for the night, but when I check in the morning it is shut down.
This started when I started using it as a desktop ...
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Laptop restarted by itself
System info:
MSI GS63 7RD (few months old)
Windows 10 v1709
At the time the laptop was connected to 4 external displays (2 of them displaylink)
I left my computer awake on the lock screen. It is ...
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Laptop shuts off when stacking on identical laptop
I am a high school student, and all students are issued Acer TravelMate P249 Laptops. If my laptop is open, and I pick it up and put it on top of another identical laptop, it just hibernates. In ...
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Dell Laptop overheated while shutown
Recently, I did shutdown my laptop and, when shutdown, it overheated and drained the whole battery out in about an hour or two.
I just got lucky that I touched it and realized that it was really hot....
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How to replace a laptop's battery without shutting down?
Background information: I take my laptop to three classes in one day every week where I don't have access to a power socket to charge my laptop, but I have an extra laptop battery fully charged in my ...
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How can I map the power key on the keyboard to shut down the laptop?
I have recently bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 520 notebook with Windows 10 Home (x64) pre-installed. This laptop does not have a dedicated power button off its keyboard. That is, the power button is ...
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Asus laptop with Windows 7 isn't shutting down properly after recent hardware changes
After shutting down Windows using "shut down", "sleep" or "restart", the usual screen showing shutdown message appears, then screen goes black, the hard drive turns off (if it's not "restart") and ...
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