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August 3, 2007
Interesting XP Problem
I recently upgraded my laptop with another GB of memory, bringing the total to 2GB (thanks for the sale Best Buy!).
A few days later, I started noticing that my laptop light was blinking after shutting down (I usually hibernate through pushing the power button). I've even stuck it in my bag thinking it was shut down to find it pretty warm when I pulled it out.
Turns out there's some sort of problem with XP power manager finding a block of memory to hibernate if you have more than 1GB of memory. Then, once it fails to do that, you need to reboot...and it may work again. Our you can install the hotfix described on this site.
Posted by Jesse at August 3, 2007 12:42 AM
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Glad you found my link useful. I had exactly the same problem you had and was afraid I might have damaged my laptop because it got so hot. Luckily I managed to get to the bottom of it and find the right hotfix!
Posted by: Owen at August 3, 2007 6:06 AM