My Laptop Will Not Completely Shutdown

hybx88 · 03-09-2009, 01:31 PM

I own a notebook called Acer Aspire 5100 and it won't shutdown. I know I can just hold the I/O button for 5 secs then it shuts down but there are times where I won't be able to do that so I can't rely on that all the time. Here's the situiation:
I pressed shutdown either by taskbar/start menu, after it reaches the logoff screen saying something like Windows Xp shutting down. Then after a few seconds later, it freezes completely, meaning it doesn't shutdown by itself. I had to do it manually. My laptop can still use Standby and Hybernation, so that's good but not being able to shutdown. Can you anyone help me out here, much appreciated.

**TriggerFinger** · 03-09-2009, 05:14 PM

I suggest you run HDD diagnostic first. Once HDD is clear of any hardware errors, run CHKDSK /R and SFC /SCANNOW.

Also run Memtest86+ to test your RAM if you notice your system seems to hang/freeze.

03-09-2009, 01:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
hybx88 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 1 OS: XP SP3	My Laptop Will Not Completely Shutdown I own a notebook called Acer Aspire 5100 and it won't shutdown. I know I can just hold the I/O button for 5 secs then it shuts down but there are times where I won't be able to do that so I can't rely on that all the time. Here's the situiation: I pressed shutdown either by taskbar/start menu, after it reaches the logoff screen saying something like Windows Xp shutting down. Then after a few seconds later, it freezes completely, meaning it doesn't shutdown by itself. I had to do it manually. My laptop can still use Standby and Hybernation, so that's good but not being able to shutdown. Can you anyone help me out here, much appreciated.

03-09-2009, 05:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: My Laptop Will Not Completely Shutdown I suggest you run HDD diagnostic first. Once HDD is clear of any hardware errors, run CHKDSK /R and SFC /SCANNOW. Also run Memtest86+ to test your RAM if you notice your system seems to hang/freeze. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 03-09-2009 at 05:34 PM.