Windows 7 Starter Hanging up on Shutdown I love the 1005PE-PU BUT it is hanging up on shutdown. Blue light stays on on the on off switch (for the OS not Splashtop) and it keeps running with a blank screen. I did add the 667hz crucial 2GB upgrade and wonder if there is ANY connection. Anyone else experiencing this or have a CURE? I am not alone in this concern...Microsoft forums identify the same problem and it seems mostly associated with Windows 7 Starter on netbooks of one type or another...Help? Windows 7 Starter Hanging up on Shutdown I love the 1005PE-PU BUT it is hanging up on shutdown. Blue light stays on on the on off switch (for the OS not Splashtop) and it keeps running with a... » Read More Windows 7 Starter Hanging up on Shutdown I love the 1005PE-PU BUT it is hanging up on shutdown. Blue light stays on on the on off switch (for the OS not Splashtop) and it keeps running with a blank screen. I did add the 667hz crucial 2GB upgrade and wonder if there is ANY connection. Anyone else experiencing this or have a CURE? I am not alone in this concern...Microsoft forums identify the same problem and it seems mostly associated with Windows 7 Starter on netbooks of one type or another...Help? « Show Less
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For the first time, this morning Crucial posted a recommended 2Gb memory chip for the 1005PE. It has a different part number from what they recommend for the 1005HA. Hopefully this part will not cause the troubles that occured when using other Crucial memory.
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I added the 800hz crucial 2GB upgrade and the same thing happens when it restarts after updates. Normal restarts and shutdowns are fine, but just those restarts after program installations etc. are causing this. I'm thinking of upgrading to windows 7 home to see if it gets better, but I don't know yet...
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Art, i think the clock speed of the Amazon suggested 2GB ram is too slow for the 1005PE...i told amazon this and they were gracious in accepting it back for refund...we shall see how that part goes...next i am going to try an 800Mhz 2 GB ram upgrade...talking to others on here suggests that should clear up the problem...
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Just got one of these too and swapped out the RAM. Exact same problem that you guys are talking about. It only seems to shut down completely with the original stick that came with the netbook. I've been trying every single configuration option for the last 5 hours, and nothing seems to work. Please let me know if you hear of any solution out there.
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Thanks for the response...the first 2GB i received from Amazon actually seemed to slow DOWN my netbook...esp noticeable after i replaced it with the 1GB to see if the hanging shutdown would go away (which it did)...so my question to you is...do you notice ANY enhanced performance from the 800 mHz 2GB install?
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mine is the same 1005PE-PU17.. It's not that bad though, just a bit frustrating when i was setting it up. It works fine with 800 mhz as long as I remember to do manual restarts instead, so atm I'll stick with it until another solution comes up :)
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I usually have this problem when I plug in the computer and don't wait enough for the transformator to load enough electricity into the computer. Wait another 10 seconds after plugging in, then restart the computer and you'll get a maintenance screen, exit that one and you'll see the normal Windows 8 starting screen. That's the way it works on mine. You don't need the warranty for this problem, I think.
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Board is very touchy. Several comments on other forums indicate problems. We have tried it in two different Desktops. One worked satisfactorily, one did not. Neither were Dell systems. We found the main issue was power management that disabled the board. This was true even if we unchecked this is the driver. We did find the StarTech has a download to allow power management by the motherboard to be disabled and a new firmware release to be installed. This helped a bit. The main advantage was after the updates we could restore the driver with a warm boot but the system still loses the board on a weekly basis when we do our intensive updates to an external drive we have connected to the card. So I would be cautious. Maybe other products s/b checked out too.
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The blue light stays on even when my computer is shutdown. (Non Toggle able)
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I'm afraid it doesn't, at least not on mine. I run windows 8 on a Gigabyte notebook, and it keeps disconnecting. I've contacted the support desk and the say they can't help me, I've got to take it up with my laptop manufacturer. I have zero confidence that I will be able to fix this. The jawbone forum is full of similar complaints.
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Does anyone worry about buying netbooks and this computer and Microsoft ending support for XP like they eventually did for Windows 98 ? I would want 2GB of RAM if I ever had to install Vista...
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Common problem...you have to press the key repeatedly and rapidly to catch the small time window where the bios comes up. The bios key window is very short by default (you can change that in the bios too, when you get in). I assume this is to keep the boot times to a minumum.
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I've never had that happen to me I think.... I'm sorry I'm not much help all I could suggest is doing a recovery but if it's like in a mode similar to safe mode there must be away to switch out... Maybe on start up try f12 see all the boot options.
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I've had mine since November, the only issue i have with mine is that one of the smaller fans sticks/freezes on start up. With a small "bump" it works fine. Other than that i have no other problems with my unit.
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I am not shore what to do. Mine is slow to boot up but has not gotten stuck. Ideas to try charging it all the way up even with a struck it should charge. Try holding down the power button and turning it off. Let it have time to charge and reset. Then see if you still have the problem. Maybe you could try this, unknown if it well work for curtain.
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You got it! Can't turn the @#$% thing off once it is connected. Have to shutdown the computer and then unplug it. I plug it in and do a weekly backup, then shutdown and unplug it. A pain, I'd rather just reboot before my backup then eject the thing.
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I've had mixed behavior on mine. The LED on the first port works as expected, each of the other LEDs have been irregular. I've noticed that if I restart my PC, the LEDs don't always come back on for ports that are enabled (even though the ports may be working). Other times I actually have to toggle the port on/off to get it working after a PC restart... and the LEDs may or may not come back on to reflect the status. Short answer; mine acts weird too.
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I would be careful because when I found out that only Windows 7 Starter was on my Acer I upgraded to Windows 7 Premium Home Edition plus MS Office 2013. Now the netbook is extremely slow. Speaking to Acer they said that I should not have changed anything and the Acer is only compatible for what they have installed. There was no indication about the Windows 7 starter version when I bought it otherwise I would have never bought this Acer.
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I have had the same problem it just shuts down and restarts. I have no answer why. sorry
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I have never personally tested that limit, but I have no doubt that Microsoft is correct in their documentation that Windows Starter will not support more than 2 GB of RAM: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7 However, I also don't know if you would really "NEED" more than 2 GB of RAM with a netbook. Granted, more is often better... but how many programs would you really have opened on this thing? Right now on my desktop computer I am only using 1.7 GB of RAM and I have IE opened, 4 tabs in Chrome, Skype, Remote Desktop Client, Windows Explorer windows, Task Manager, Google Talk, One Note, VPN client, Windows Live Mesh, and antivirus software. Now I am not saying that you don't want to add as much RAM as you can (within reason) but if you spend another $65 on top of the price of this laptop that puts you at just shy of $400 then if you need to upgrade out of Windows Starter that puts you closer to $480 or so for the total cost. At that point you might be better off starting to look at other options and or re-evaluating your needs for a netbook. For $480 you could get an HP D1MZ that has a faster processor, faster and bigger hard drive, already runs Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium, and has a slightly larger monitor. Granted, that is really a "higher class" of Netbook, almost an ultra portable laptop more than a netbook... All that being said, I still fully intend to purchase this computer (I keep waiting for them to come out with a different color.... my daughter would be thrilled with a red option since I know she will be using this more than I will be) and from what I have seen it appears to be a great machine. Just something to keep in mind if you are going to start adding upgrades, you might be pricing yourself into a different "class" of netbooks/ultra portable laptops.
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Did you press f2 on restart? Not on initial start but bring it up then do a restart. I know that sounds weird but that is how I got my HE to see the 2GB memory. Hit the f2 key multiple times to get to the BIOS screen. When I installed the 667 mhz memory on my HE the vids were choppy, I replaced it with an 800 mhz and the problem is gone. Maybe I got a bad module, who knows?
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For those having install issues for Windows 8/8.1, run all installs in compatibility mode for windows 7. As for the lights not staying on or working, the problem is the power saving option that Windows 8/8.1 does to the USB ports. You need to give them more power by disabling the power saving option. There is an article about this. Search for "more power to USB ports in 8.1" and look for the Microsoft article. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2900614