X230 not going to sleep properly

[rajm]

I've had issues lately with my x230 not going to sleep fully when pressing fn-f4. The moon light on the top cover turns on and the power button is flashing, but the fan is still on and if I press mute, the orange LED turns on. The only way to get out is to hold the power button down and power cycle.

Please help!

[dr_st]

This is often an issue with a driver, which prevents the machine from going to sleep properly.

If you wait long enough (perhaps 10-15 minutes), your machine should crash with a bluescreen and turn off. At that time, boot it up and check if a minidump was created in C:\Windows\Minidump. If so, check it by uploading it to www.osronline.com or by downloading BluescreenView. There is a chance it will tell you which driver is problematic.