I also have been having the same random freezes on my Sony VAIO VGN-BX640P.
It appears to only happen when the laptop is plugged in. Everything worked
perfectly when I was running XP Media Edition before my Vista upgrade.
Anyone have a solution? Is Microsoft aware of what's causing the problem? Are
they working on a software patch?


"Mobilehavoc" wrote:
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> No it's not because this doesn't happen coming out of standby or
> hibernation. The laptop will be running for hours without issue and
> then all of a sudden just freeze up completely. It actually goes in
> and out of hibernation/sleep perfectly fine without a single issue.
>
> What's irritating about this is that there's no way to troubleshoot
> since it seems random and there are no events in the event log around
> the time of the freeze that would help me figure out the problem.
>
> On Mar 16, 6:00 am, Nick Goetz <n...@sympatico.ca> wrote:[color=green]
> > Problems after comming out of standby/hibernation are not uncommon.
> >
> > That "is" a valid answer and not a bad workaround/solution.
> >
> > Nick Goetz
> >
> > "Mobilehavoc" <tejas.nadka...******.com> wrote innews:1173968038.082638.159860@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
> >
> >
> >[color=darkred]
> > > 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.[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > > On Mar 15, 10:04 am, "PC Tech Solutions" <john...@pctech-
> > > solutions.com> wrote:
> > >> 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.[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >> PC Tech Solutionshttp://pctech-solutions.com[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >> <tejas.nadka...******.com> wrote in message[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >>news:1173967016.490005.103670@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...[/color]
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> > >> > So I've been runningVistaHome 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 inVistathan XP (dual-booting XP so I've been able to
> > >> > compare).[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >> > However, I have a really strange problem in that at veryrandom
> > >> > timesVistaseems tofreezeand the only thing that will remedy it
> > >> > is to hold down the power button to turn it off.[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >> > 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=darkred]
> > >> > 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=darkred]
> > >> > 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=darkred]
> > >> > 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=darkred]
> > >> > Overall I'm lovingVistabut 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=darkred]
> > >> > 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]
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> > >> > FYI...Memory test came back fine and like I said it runs everything
> > >> > beautifully 90% of the time.- Hide quoted text -[/color]
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