That's not really a valid answer...I'll see the next time this happens
and continue the troubleshooting. Was just wondering if anyone else
who had these problems found a solution or stopgap.


On Mar 15, 10:04 am, "PC Tech Solutions" <john...@pctech-
solutions.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> It can be a number of things. But some good advice is, when you are done
> with the computer for the day, turn it off! Don't just clost the lid put it
> in standby/hibernation and walk away.
>
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>
> <tejas.nadka...******.com> wrote in message
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>
>[color=green]
> > So I've been running Vista Home Premium on my Sony VAIO SZ since Feb
> > 9th and overall it's been running remarkably well. Haven't really had
> > any crashes, all the apps I've installed have worked flawlessly and
> > I'm actually getting better performance in apps, games in Vista than
> > XP (dual-booting XP so I've been able to compare).[/color]
>[color=green]
> > However, I have a really strange problem in that at very random times
> > Vista seems to freeze and the only thing that will remedy it is to
> > hold down the power button to turn it off.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > It's only happened a few times and is not normal occurence. For
> > example it was running for about 7 days straight without a reboot,
> > then last night I installed this week's Windows Updates and the system
> > restarted.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > This morning I woke up around 8AM and went to check my email, I opened
> > the lid and it had frozen. The clock still said 2:50AM which would
> > mean that is when the catastrophe happened. I restarted it and it came
> > back up fine.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > I checked the Event logs and there's nothing around that time at all.
> > I remember using the laptop until around 1:50AM or so so it was idling
> > when this happened. The other times it's happened also seem to be
> > either during or right after it's been idling. However, puzzlingly
> > like I said it'll sometimes run 7 or more days straight at a time
> > (including numerous hibernation resumes and standby resumes).[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Any ideas what could be causing this problem? The only thing in the
> > logs was an "Unexpected shutdown of Windows" at 2:48AM which is sort
> > of a "duh!" moment.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Overall I'm loving Vista but this is frustrating because I can't
> > diagnose what the problem is. I have all my power setting timers
> > turned off (Hard drive powerdown never, hibernate never, standby
> > never, etc).[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Oh and this has always happened while the laptop is plugged in. If
> > anyone knows of any culprits or things I can try please let me know.
> > I'm going to see how long it runs after this mornings incident.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > FYI...Memory test came back fine and like I said it runs everything
> > beautifully 90% of the time.- Hide quoted text -[/color]
>
> - Show quoted text -[/color]