My Toshiba laptop won't shut down or sleep unless I press the power button and force a shutdown. When I close the lid, the monitor is black but the computer still works rather loud. If I try to shut down the laptop using shut down from the start menu, It freezes while the monitor shows "shutting down" and again I have to force the shut down. Please help!
That is a software issue with the OS. Was it always like this? If not, try a system restore to some time in the past when you know the unit was working fine.
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Its software,, format and reinstall windows
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Hi! It appears that possibly your hrad drive isn't set properly in the caddy? with the laptop powered down and disconnected locate the hard drive cover pop out the two locating screws and carefully move the caddy/hard drive BEWARE as the drive has fragile pins at the opposite end where you opened, hopefully little sliding pressure should remove. Check the retaining screws around the caddy (You'll need a small torx/philips screw driver for this) if all tight replace gently.
If you are uncertain I would recommend a technician check it for you.
Good Luck!
Paul 'W'
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Don't know why the screen is blank. Toggle the F9 key to make sure you didn't accidentally toogle off the screen.
As far as turning off the power and shutting down the computer, the old stand-by is to take out the battery and then pull the plug. The computer will power down. Replace the battery, replace the plug and then push the start button. You may have to start it up in SAFE mode since the shut down process was not the "normal' process the computer expects to follow.
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Normal defaults are when lid is closed "Shutdown" and when Power pressed to "Hibernate". Go to Control Panel and select Power Options. Under heading of Power Scheme select the Option you wish. I feel like you want to select Portable/Laptop (XP Pro) and make your changes. Click on the Advanced Tab to select what the Power Button does when pressed (Shutdown) and "When I close the Lid" (Nothing). (Well, those are my settings)
Click on Hibernate Button and un-check "Enable hibernation". When you accept these changes Toshiba will send a message stating that "Toshiba Power Saver mode will be disabled" click OK then click OK again to exit. Try it out.
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Sleep and hibernate options are part of Bios. what i mean by that is if these is an issue with Bios these features wont work. Sometimes there has been known issues with cordless mice and other devices plugged in via usb port. Also outdated video and other drivers will do same. i would recommend first of all going to manufacturers site and downloading latest Bios update for your system, once this is done run windows update and make sure pc is restarted once done. After all this go back to your manufacturers site and download all of the driver updates that are available. Hope this helps.
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