Toshiba satellite won't shutdown

gana · 11-22-2008, 11:57 PM

Hi,

I'm using a Toshiba satellite laptop that started acting up a few days ago. Whenever I try to shut it down, the screen turns black but the system continues to run so I end up having to hold down the power button in order to turn it off. It does the same thing when I try to put it on standby.

The powersaving icon on the task tray at first started to go missing but now it's being shown with another icon on top - a red circle with a line slashed through it. What does this mean?

I should also add that even though it's on AC power, the screensaver will go on as though it's running on battery powersaving mode.

What can I do to fix this?

I'd really appreciate ANY help!

Thanks!

**TriggerFinger** · 11-23-2008, 11:31 AM

Have you tried doing an XP repair?

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=189400897

11-22-2008, 11:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
gana Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP - sp3	Toshiba satellite won't shutdown Hi, I'm using a Toshiba satellite laptop that started acting up a few days ago. Whenever I try to shut it down, the screen turns black but the system continues to run so I end up having to hold down the power button in order to turn it off. It does the same thing when I try to put it on standby. The powersaving icon on the task tray at first started to go missing but now it's being shown with another icon on top - a red circle with a line slashed through it. What does this mean? I should also add that even though it's on AC power, the screensaver will go on as though it's running on battery powersaving mode. What can I do to fix this? I'd really appreciate ANY help! Thanks!

11-23-2008, 11:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,802 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba satellite won't shutdown Have you tried doing an XP repair? http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=189400897 __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE