Yoga 2 Pro - Sleep mode issue

Hi All,
I've been experience troubles with issues ralated to sleeping.
Sometimes it just sleeps well.
Sometimes my Y2P sometimes won't go sleep(insomnia???). The screen goes off but the fan doesn't stop and the keyboard backlit doesn't go off. And whatever I do won't wake it up in this circumstance, for example hitting a key on the keyboard, hitting the power button, or touch the screen. I have to restart to enter the OS. (FYI VirtualBox may cause this problem but I was not running it. I don't even have it installed.)
And sometimes it does go sleeping and can be waken up, but during the sleep the fan doesn't stop and the machine becomes very hot. This seems to happen only under the power manager high performance mode but I'm not sure. Twice I just closed my laptop and went to bed. and left the poor Y2P baking-hot overnight. As a result, the battery capacity estimate in the power manager is now 'Normal'. I believe it was 'Excellent' or 'Good' when I first received it. (FYI the capacity is now 54760mWh.)
I really love this machine. Yellow issue is not a killer but the sleep problem does troubles me a lot. I'm not able to return it because I just passed the 15-day return period. Any suggestion to solve those problem, folks?
-K

I have observed two related issues on my Yoga 2 Pro. In agreement with a later poster to this thread, it will occasionally shut down (or crash?) rather than sleep. This happens occasionally when I have a dozen apps up in a configuration that I'd really like to go back to rather than have to set up again. I'm guessing this issue, shutting down improperly, could be a problem getting an app or service to sleep properly, giving up, and dying. One of the reasons I upgraded to the Yoga 2 Pro is that my old Sony Vaio did this same thing and I assumed a new machine would have the quirks worked out. Perhaps it's a Windows problem, but still should be addressed.
I have also found several times that I will take my Yoga 2 Pro out of my bag after hours of sitting and the two lights indicating that it is running will be lit solid with the laptop hot to the touch. I have no idea why a machine would turn itself on with the lid closed, even if the power button is bumped (which is very unlikely with its small size in a padded bag). I'd love for anyone at Lenovo to address whether this issue is known, common, being looked at? It's terribly frustrating to "start" with the battery half depleted because it's been busy generating heat in a confined place.

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[IMG]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5317/jigglerdh1.png[/IMG]
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This has successfully solved my problem temporarily, until I go to the Apple Store to find out the cause of this.
I have not had any freezing since, so I have nothing but good things to say about this app.
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I updated my Yoga 2 Pro to Windows 10. It is working fine in Desktop mode. However in table mode when it is flipped over to tablet or tent positions the performance is very pure (slow and intermittent, broken) . Once the screen is back to the laptop position the performance is as expected.Can someone please advice how this can be fixed ? thnaks in advance.

Hi rys,This is what I have so far.A) You are not alone. I and many other have reported this problem in other threads. In all other modes than laptop mode the CPU slows down making the PC unusable in tablet or tent mode. I just recently bought the yoga 2 pro for it's tent mode so this is very frustrating.B) Problem seems to be the DPTF driver. It's job is to detect when you are in tablet or tent mode and reduce the CPU speed (a bit) to prevent over-heating. The problem is it is too aggresive slowing my CPU to .75ghz.C) One obvious solution is to disable DPTF via BIOS. Those who did report succes. There PCs are now fast in all modes. I'm hesitating ... Don't want to disable but might have to ... The effects of disabling DPTF as I understand them are: PC gets hot, shorter battery life.D) The correct solution would be a new DPTF driver for windows 10 making the CPU runs at least at 1ghz. Hoping LENOVO realizes how many YOGA 2 Pro they sold with the "feature" of being able to switch from laptop to tablet to tent modes. Hoping LENOVO comes up with a solution.

Mac Pro Sleep/Wakeup Issue in Windows 7 x64

I have experienced two issues related to sleep in Windows 7 x64 on my Mac Pro 3,1 with Bootcamp 3.2 for a while. From search results it seems several people also experienced similar issues, but no solution/workaround yet.
The first issue is that sometimes the Mac Pro won't wake up from sleep. If I made it to enter sleep, then it (almost) always wake up. But if it enters sleep itself, then there's a chance (around 25%) that it won't wake up. The fans and HDDs are running, but the screen is black, mouse/keyboard no response and I can't ping it. After forcing it to shutdown and restart it, there will be an "HAL Error" in Eventlog ("The platform firmware has corrupted memory across the previous system power transition. Please check for updated firmware for your system"
). Some folks experienced the same issue in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11839029
The second issue is that if I disable Hybrid Sleep with the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard connected, the Mac Pro will not sleep with the HDDs shutdown but fans running at full speed. If I removed the batteries from the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, it goes to sleep and wakes up normally. Whether the Magic Mouse is connected or not doesn't make a difference.
I can't reproduce either issues in OS X.
Would really appreciate if someone can share some insights or workarounds. Thanks!

Yes, almost the same problem!
Please someone help...

Premier Pro Blend mode issue

Hi.
I have previously used Screen blend mode to add a set of images on top of another set. The first set (rendered from 3DS Max) were the main image for my animation and the "superimposed" set were rendered from 3DS Max as VRay atmosphere render elements. Both images were rendered to a black background in Max. When I added the "superimposed" set I simply chose Screen blend mode for them and they were added, fine.
I am now trying to achieve something similar. This time the first set of images are rendered to a white background. The second set are rendered to VRay material select render elements (aI have tried both white and black background - same result). When I add the second set into a separate video slot on the timeline and use Screen blend mode, the result is a faded/patially transparent image overlayed where there are objects in the "background" image. Where there is a white background nothing of the top layer is visible.
I can see that this is somehow mixing the colours/light and producing pure white outside of the scene objects.
Q. How do I achieve the required mix of the two sets of images?
Many thanks,
Terry

Hi Mark.
What I have is an overlay image (or set of images) that has some scaffold on it. It has been rendered off from 3DS Max using a VRay material select render element so only the scaffold is visible but the remaining objects in the scene obscure the scaffold where applicable.
The scene image which scaffold will sit on top of has objects in around 3/4 of the scene with the white background showing to the side of these objects. The scaffold in the overlay images covers some of the scene objects and also some of the white background.
When I use a "Screen" Blend mode for the overlay images I get a pale partially transparent image of the scaffold where it sits above the scene objects and nothing at all where it sits above the white background.
The top image is the first frame showing scene objects. The second image is the scaffold overlay. The third image shows what happens when I use "Screen" Blend mode on the scaffold overlay in Premiere Pro. The scene object images are on Video 1 and the scaffold images are in Video 2.
The result I desire is the top image (scene objects) with the scaffold added on top.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Terry

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