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18-Apr-2007, 06:18 PM #1
Solved: Vista restarts when lid is closed
I am having a problem where Vista is restarting every time I close the lid of my notebook. This started happening after I used the System Restore disks to restore my computer back to defaults. Under Control Panel, closing my lid is not suppose to do anything when it is plugged in or not....
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19-Apr-2007, 06:36 PM #2
anyone have any suggestions????
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19-Apr-2007, 08:54 PM #3
Are there any devices connected to the system that were not there at the time the original setup or when the restore disks were made?

What happens when you change that setting from "do nothing" to "standby"?
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19-Apr-2007, 11:16 PM #4
I tried changing the settings to sleep, but when I close my lid nothing happens. Once I open my lid, however, the computer restarts.

There have not been any hardware changes on my computer. The restore disks were also HP's default ones. I also had the built in system restore on my computer, but used the DVD disk instead.

I know Vista is said to have problems like this, in particular with HP notebooks, however, I have been using this computer fine up until I restored it so I know there has to be a way to fix this. What is recommended is to install the video drivers Windows Update provides, and I have also done that.

Another strange thing is that my screensaver is suppose to appear after three minutes of my computer being idle. I know some programs will restrict this, but even when nothing is running, my screensaver never shows.... I believe this is tied in with the same problem.

Last thing I want to say is that when my computer, and I log into Vista, i receive a random black blink, followed by normal Windows Desktop, etc.... and another black screen a couple minutes later which lasts about 10 seconds. This never happened before either.
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20-Apr-2007, 12:02 AM #5
Alright, I just found the folder where HP stores all the drivers on your computer, SwSetup, and navigated to the nVidia folder. I reinstalled the software and so far it seems to work, however, the now every time I close my screen, I get that sound that something is being disconnected, and when I open my screen, I get a sound like something is being connected to the computer...
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20-Apr-2007, 12:14 AM #6
Well that sound is the USB port device detection. What do you have connected there? And is it now set to "do nothing" when you close the lid?
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20-Apr-2007, 08:29 PM #7
Well, everything seems to work fine again, however, Vista is telling me to reinstall a nVidia driver again.... I will ignore it I guess, thanks.
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Lol, -- glad to hear all's well. And if nothing is really broke I guess you can ignore the prompt.
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