my laptop hangs on shutdown and have to hold power button for approx 5 secs to turn of?
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Answer this first please:\n\nDo you clear history and other files often?\nDo you use Disk cleaner often?\nDo you use pc for watching movies or having many images or audio files on Hard Drive?\n\nYou may have many software installed.\n\nIf non of above then best thing is, do back of important data then run Recovery. It will bring pc back to the new condition. BUT FIRST BACK UP PLEASE. \n\nYou should know how to backup email addresses and other files. If you are not sure do not delete or touch anything unless you can find some of your friend who can help you.\n\nStill need help just send an e-mail nihon94@yahoo.com
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take your laptop to the service center as this should not happend maybe the battries arnt proper or maybe theres a problem with the laptop itself
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If your computer shuts off while you are using it then the problem seems to be your power supply. I had to change it and replaced it with a more powerfull one to correct this problem on my computer and everything worked fine ever since.
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It sounds like it is staying in Standby Mode.\nRight Click Desktop> Screen Saver> Power>   System Stanby and Hibernates to (NEVER).\n\nGo to to system Setup. Restart your system and press F2.\nand set power Management.\nHarry
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If u need serious answers - what laptop is it\nmean processor , ram\nwhat is operating system\nwhat applications do u run on it\n\nthis 10 minute thing - since when u noticed it happening\n\nelse, gimme contract and i'll comeover and fix it !
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check "turn of hard drive" timeout under power management (Right-click destop, properties, screensaver, Power). If it's like 1-2 minutes, amke it 15. Also check other settings, you might find other things that tip the balance from battery life to performance.
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It could be a ton of things.  Try these first:\n\nPop the battery out and plug in directly to the wall.  If it powers on, you have battery problems.  If not, jiggle the power cord in the back of the computer and keep pressing the power button.  If no luck, try doing the same while jiggling the cord to the wall or to the power brick.  You either have a bad motherboard or a bad power adapter.  Try another adapter if you can.  Is it on warranty? \n\nI just sent my laptop out yesterday with exactly the same problem...and it's either a fried motherboard or bad power adapter.
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Your computer could have been heated too much.Try working on it after shutting down your pc for an hour or two.
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Check the power supply cable (the one with the 4 pins).  It sounds like it just isn't getting any power.  Even if there's something wrong with the jumper settings or the I/O interface, it should at least spin up.
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If your power supply is faulty or your processor fan is broke your PC will shut down to cool down, but wouldn't necessarily start up again.\nIt sounds like a virus or worm infection.  I would try going into windows in safe mode (F8 function key normally) and see if the system continues to close down.\nIf it is stays on o.k. check you haven't installed a driver or software recently that may be conflicting with Windows.  If this happens you should be able to roll back the driver or system restore to a point where you know your PC was o.k. (In F8 this is the "Last known good configuration")\nIf it shuts down again it may be a virus, have a look on symantec's site for a hotfix for the latest virus/worm,if it is a virus you'll proably need to disable your system restore whilst trying to remove it.  Follow the instructions to remove it carefully so not to destroy your pc further!!
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i suggest you just restart it. when it goes into that standby mode it really hate to come out of it. even after it does it still runs awfully slow.\n\ngo to the control panel and click on power management and set it to turn off instead of going into standby mode.
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Most probably your computer's boot sequenece needs fixing. There can be more than one problem. The situation you are experiencing is a common one usually similar things happen after power fails. If you get till the windows boot menu there is not any problem with your hardware.\n\nThis should help:\n-Restart your computer windows in "Safe Mode" (choose from boot menu)\n-Restore your computer to previous 'Restore Point' (any date before the power failure!)\n-Restart you computer.\n\nThats it! this should solve your problem. If it doesnt then probably you need to look for your computer's guarantee reciept!\n\nbest of luck
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Typically the power-on password can be defeated by removing the BIOS battery from the mainboard for 30 seconds or so and replacing it. \n\nI've done that to machines when I leave a job, just to tweak the tech guy who comes in afterwards.
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shut down and return?\nOr leave your computer on and return? It could be a whole host of problems. Thats not enough information to really go on.
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Are you making sure that you are shutting it down and not restarting?  It is a very common mistake.
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Since you only use it a few times a day and being a laptop I would say the best thing for you to do is to Hibernate it.  This will turn the laptop off but will write all the running applications to the hard drive so Windows can be resumed faster than if you just shut it down.  Hibernate uses no power and is very similar to standby except standby maintains power to the memory so Winodws will resume even faster than if you had just put it in Standby.  If you are going to walk away for just a few minutes, leave it on.\n\nTo be even more power conscious you could put it in Hibernate and then unplug it.  If you don't know (because I can never tell) hold down shift at the shutdown menu to get the Hibernate option.  But when you are done using it for the day, shut it down.
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This could be a cooling issue, check your fans and dust out your system. I saw one system the other day that did this because of the massive amount of dust, even though the fans were still turning. \nAlso try starting the computer in safe mode and see if it works then or locks up without restarting. A bad XP install will cause this sort of action. Sometimes there is a bios option that tells the system to restart on error, you can turn this off to help diagnose the problem.