topic Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47004#M80772 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,<BR /><BR />There's a Beta update for the FE21 series BIOS:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://support.vaio.sony.fr/downloads/beta/beta.asp?site=voe_fr_FR_cons&amp;m=2277" target="_blank">http://support.vaio.sony.fr/downloads/beta/beta.asp?site=voe_fr_FR_cons&amp;m=2277</A><BR /><BR />This link is for supports in French, you can try to find the right version for your country, there must be.<BR /><BR />Best regards<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:02:44 GMT thephongh 2007-03-05T15:02:44Z FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/46994#M80768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everybody!<BR />Just a strange thing is happening with my VGN-FE21M laptop.<BR />I've just installed XP Pro on this laptop (originally was Media Center) and after having all the drivers and utilities installed, I started to notice some problems during the shutdown.<BR />I know that there are known issues referred to the integrated camera but I have already follow the instructions of other posts to disable USB power management to allow system to restart and shutdown properly.<BR />The restart seems to be fixed, the problem still persits with shutdown.<BR />If I shut down the laptop, it seems to work fine, monitor switches off, disk aswell, then suddenly, after couple of secs, it restarts by itself!!<BR />So, I need to force it to shutdown, pressing the button!<BR /><BR />Basically it doesn't shutdown, it just restarts!<BR /><BR />Can anybody help?<BR /><BR />Tnx!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:53:38 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/46994#M80768 mazanna 2007-02-21T14:53:38Z Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/46998#M80769 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's me again!<BR />I have been trying several things to get this problem fixed but no way!<BR /><BR />I just noticed that if I switch off the laptop using just the battery, it works!!! It switches off without any problem! No restart!<BR /><BR />If I try to switch it off plugged to the power, it behaves as I said on the first post!<BR /><BR />I sincerly don't know what it could be..... <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:23:15 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/46998#M80769 mazanna 2007-02-28T09:23:15Z Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47000#M80770 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Usually these sort of problems are fixed with BIOS updates, so have a look on VAIO-Link under your model's downloads.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:08:30 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47000#M80770 kee-lo_ 2007-02-28T15:08:30Z Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47003#M80771 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Unfortunately BIOS version is the latest one (R0130J3) as the donwnload page reports.<BR /><BR />What's next?<BR /><BR />Tnx.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:40:28 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47003#M80771 mazanna 2007-03-05T14:40:28Z Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47004#M80772 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,<BR /><BR />There's a Beta update for the FE21 series BIOS:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://support.vaio.sony.fr/downloads/beta/beta.asp?site=voe_fr_FR_cons&amp;m=2277" target="_blank">http://support.vaio.sony.fr/downloads/beta/beta.asp?site=voe_fr_FR_cons&amp;m=2277</A><BR /><BR />This link is for supports in French, you can try to find the right version for your country, there must be.<BR /><BR />Best regards<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:02:44 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47004#M80772 thephongh 2007-03-05T15:02:44Z Re: FE21M Funny Shutdown! https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47007#M80773 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I downloaded the BIOS update beta version (now it's R01323J3) and installed it.<BR /><BR />Nothing changes! I'm starting to think it's a motherboard problem.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:24:09 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/fe21m-funny-shutdown/m-p/47007#M80773 mazanna 2007-03-06T09:24:09Z