Thanks Aryeh, not sure if I replied to this one but the machine started refusing to boot again. Lenovo support thought a system board and sent someone out. They couldn't reproduce the problem but replaced the board anyway (possible unadvertised benefit of onsite service? :). Since then the machine hasn't complained, though I took the opportunity to replace with an SSD anyway (something I'd thought of doing in winter but didn't do).
Thanks for the steps for the hibernation file. I will file this away in case it happens again. -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Monday, July 9, 2012, 1:38:58 AM, you wrote: > Hello, > Perhaps the hibernation file got corrupt? You might want to remove > it, run a CHKDSK, and then recreate it. Here's how to do that: > 1. Open an elevated Command Prompt (filename: CMD.EXE) as you > normally would. > 2. At the prompt, type "powercfg /h off" to disable hibernation > (this will remove the HIBERFIL.SYS file used by the system for > hibernation). > 3. At the prompt, type "chkdsk c: /b" to perform a detailed test > of the file system on drive C:. A reboot may be required for > the chkdsk to run, which can take a while. > 4. If you had to reboot, open an elevated command prompt again > and issue a "powercfg /h on" command to recreate the HIBERFIL.SYS > file and enable hibernation. > Hopefully that should solve the problem. > Regards, > Aryeh Goretsky > At 10:00 AM 7/6/2012, you wrote: >>Message: 2 >>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:36:29 -0400 (EDT) >>From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>Subject: [Thinkpad] X220: dead? >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: >> <10955759.60501.1341588989260.javamail.open-xcha...@email.1and1.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> >>Hello all, >> >>Late last night my X220 was working fine. I don't remember whether I >>hibernated >>or just shut the lid, but this morning it wasn't working. It may or may not be >>working now, I hit the power button to document for this email what >>it does, and >>I got a "System Resume?" message. I don't know if it will recover or if it's >>okay, so here's what was happening this morning. >> >> >>When I opened the lid the only light was the fingerprint reader. I >>hit the power >>button, the fingerprint reader light turned off, the keyboard light blinked, >>capslock blinked, the battery indicator light went on (and maybe >>off), and then >>it sat there with only the power button lit (and maybe the battery indicator). >> >> >> >>The HD indicator never blinked. If I plugged it in, the AC-power indicator >>didn't light. It just sat there with the fan running. If (after a >>few minutes) I >>hit the power button again, the fan went quiet, the power button was dark, and >>the fingerprint reader was lit (the last state is what you'd expect, I guess). >> >> >> >>Now as I said, while I was typing this on another machine, I hit the button to >>make sure I had the above behaviour right, and it booted. And went >>to an (80x25 >>display) message saying the last attempt at System Resume (?) >>failed, did I want >>to continue or to go something else. I said continue and eventually I got a >>Windows prompt and what looks like its last state. :) Battery says 0:54 so it >>wasn't like a phone when the battery's running on fumes. >> >> >> >>I'm going to start by running a backup :) and hope it continues to work. >> >> >> >>Can anyone suggest what was wrong, and if there was a fix? BTW I >>tried this 4 or >>5 times always with the same result, except the last time. I was >>fearing having >>to call Lenovo and get service on Monday. >> >> >> >>Thanks! >> >>=aw > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
