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    Lappy won't shut down. Help!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ortiz32tt, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. ortiz32tt

    ortiz32tt Newbie

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    I have an acer aspire 9300 with vista and recently its been not wanting to shutdown. It takes a long time to get to the shut down window and once it gets there, it will stay there then a Bios problem will pop up saying something about a driver update problem. If any one can help me out here I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks.
     
    ortiz32tt, Mar 5, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    It says theres a driver problem. Update/fix all your drivers, then try shutting it down.
     
    McGrady, Mar 5, 2008
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  3. ortiz32tt

    ortiz32tt Newbie

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    drivers are updated.
     
    ortiz32tt, Mar 5, 2008
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  4. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    have you tried holding the power key down for five seconds.
    but this will force a chkdisk at the next start-up let it run.
    try sleep mode after that if all is ok and report back if it goes in to sleep mode.
     
    hoggie, Mar 5, 2008
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  5. ortiz32tt

    ortiz32tt Newbie

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    holding down the power button is the only way to shut it down.

    It does go into sleep mode.
     
    ortiz32tt, Mar 6, 2008
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  6. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    sounds like you have a some files missing, haven't seen this since w98se.
    you could try a fresh install.
    if your getting sleep mode next try for hibernation in power settings when you close the lid.
    let us know again what happens..
    does sound like a missing file
     
    hoggie, Mar 6, 2008
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  7. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    Try close program you have run in background then try shuting down see if make any diffrance i seen program run that can mess it up shutdown
     
    andyasselin, Mar 7, 2008
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  8. Van Capri

    Van Capri Notebook Consultant

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    It could be that you did´nt finish some installation process, try cecking windows update, or reinstalling your drivers. You could also shut down all non-esential processes in task manager and than see what happens like andyasselin suggested.
     
    Van Capri, Mar 8, 2008
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  9. penrynTech

    penrynTech Notebook Guru

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    Sounds like a bios fault. Try updating the bios to the latest version and see if this helps. If not then there's a fault on the mainboard. Hope this helps
     
    penrynTech, Mar 17, 2008
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