Macbook 2010 mid , having issue when in sleep mode under windows8

Question

Hi, guys
It might be a bit early for this kind of question as windows 8 is not official released.
I installed the MSDN version of windows8 (RTM), and it works fine and i got bootcamp installed without any problems.
The only problem I have with it is when I set my macbook in sleep mode, it turns to sleep, but after certain hours, it automatically shut itself down. No matter it turns to sleep by doing it manually or close the lid, this is under power mode, one thing I find funny is if the macbook is on battery mode, it works fine, I turn it to sleep mode in the night and in the morning, it is still in sleep mode, but if I plug in the power, it stops working, it always shut itself down after 4 or 5 hours. I checked all the settings and did not find any setting that are related.
Any ideas?? maybe the bootcamp is not supportted well in windows 8???
Please advise. thanks guys.

Answer 1

Just to give an update on what actually happened, the logic board was knackered and needed to be replaced (with labour, this should have cost £410)... On a Macbook Pro which was almost exactly a year and a half old. I believe this is actually a lot more common than it probably should be (from doing a seach to find other people in similar situations, as well as court cases). Though, thankfully if you buy the product through Apple, they're happy to sort it out with no cost to yourself and no issues (providing the laptop is in good condition and less than 6 years old). Mine was actually from Tesco, and luckily enough there wasn't too much difficulty in getting a partial refund to cover the cost of repairs, though I believe this isn't the case with some other retailers, though Apple themselves are trying to change this and be as helpful as possible.
So, basically, I'm leaving this information here incase anyone should happen to find this by doing a search of similar symptoms to those I had. If you find out your logic board has gone and your 1 year warranty is no longer valid, pursue the retailler who you originally bought the product from. By law in the UK (under the UK Sales of Goods Act.) they have to help you out as your electrical goods should last 'a reasonable amount of time', which is anything up to 6 years. Hopefully there are similar laws and consumer rights in place in other countries too. Again, Apple are very much aware of the situation with the logic boards so will more than likely help you out as much as they can.