Closing Problem

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charliebrown

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This has been happening for a while and is getting a little annoying...

I have a Dell Latitude D530. When I close the lid when the computer is on, it shuts off after a few seconds (there's that little 'power down' noise). Upon reopening the lid, I get a blue screen that tells me that 'the system has recovered from a serious error,' et cetera.

I've rooted around online, but so far I haven't found much. There've been a few problems with the lid and Linux, but I'm currently running Windows XP. Is this a common problem, or do I just happen to have a sucky computer?

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
The part where it says "The system has recovered from a serious error has happened to me many times before, usually means you have a hardware problem or you have a big ugly virus......
 
It won't be pointing at any virus by a long shot while one step is usually hitting the F8 key just as the post tests end and selecting the "Last known configuration that worked" option from the menu. If there's no hardware problem wait for any new blue screen and take notes on any information displayed.

Now as far as Dell... I won't get into that part here. One idea would be burning the cd image for memtest to see if any faults are found with the memory installed. You have to let that run for some time in order to allow memtest to repeat a series of memory stress tests over and over.

The error screen could simply be a driver hanging up you and not a hardware problem at all. But this is why taking notes on anything displayed gives you the information needed to identify the actual cause.
 
Could it be something to do with the hibernation file? Is it large enough? All of the data and files that are running need somewhere to go while the laptop sleeps.
 
The standby and hiberation features are modes in Windows set in the power options. Once Windows shuts down all programs are immediately closed up. Windows that remain open when the laptop goes into hibernation would be made inactive. Any data remaining memory is refreshed when coming out of standby while files themselves are stored on the physical hard drive.
 
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