| Windows 7: Hybrid Sleep/Hibernate Not Available in Power Options |
04 May 2012
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Hybrid Sleep/Hibernate Not Available in Power Options Just upgrade my server with a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H mobo and a G630T processor. Installed Windows 7 Ultimate. For some reason I don't see the options for hybrid sleep or hibernate in advanced power options menu. Generally, I believe they are supposed to be under sleep in the advanced menu but only "Sleep After" and "Allow wake timers" are present in the menu. I haven't upgraded to a new mobo in years and in my old mobo there was an option to enable S3 sleep. This mobo has options to enable wake timer, WOL, and a couple of others but nothing to disable to enable hybrid sleep. My system seems to still go to sleep ok but the lack of the two options seems odd to me and wanted to see if anyone possibly had a similar problem. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Intel Core 2 Dueo E8400@3GHz Memory 4GB/3GB Usable Graphics Card Onboard Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 50' Samsung Plasma Hard Drives OS - Western Digital Caviar Black
Many others |
04 May 2012
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#2 | | Win 7 Pro x64 SP1, Win 7 Ult x86 SP1 NC, USA |
If hibernate is enabled you should have a C:\hiberfil.sys file (might be hidden...)
To turn on hibernate from an elevated CMD prompt use this command
powercfg.exe -h on
After hibernate is turned on you should have the Hybrid option in Power Options Hibernate - Enable or Disable | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number home built OS Win 7 Pro x64 SP1, Win 7 Ult x86 SP1 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 620 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H Memory 6GB GSkill DDR2 800 Graphics Card AMD 4670 GPU + AMD 4200 IGP Sound Card on board Realtek ALC889A Monitor(s) Displays RCA 40" LCD TV, Insignia 32" LCD TV, HP 15" LCD monitor Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050... Keyboard Gyration wireless, Logitech wireless, Dell USB wired Mouse Gyration wireless, Logitech wireless, V7 USB wired PSU Corsair 500 W Case Rosewill mid tower Cooling CM 90mm Tower Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120GB,
Samsung F3 1TB (3),
Several others - WD, Seagate, Hitachi, ... Internet Speed Uverse - 12Mbps D / 1.5Mbps U Antivirus Avast free OR MSE. (+ MBAM Pro). Browser 1-Firefox, 2-IE. (Chrome and Opera for testing) Other Info 2 PCs: Primary: dual-boot, Test: triple-boot.
Mainly HTPC/Gen purpose (no gaming).
Trendnet USB KVM.
LG DVD burner/Blue Ray Player.
Tray system for removable SATA backup drives.
Not currently OCd, under-volted.
I use Hybrid sleep, rarely re-boot or shutdown.
Hauppauge HD-PVR, Avermedia PCIe TV Tuner, Hauppauge PCI TV Tuner. |
05 May 2012
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Thanks! When I first tried to run that command in cmd it said I did not have the rights or privileges to enable or disable hibernate. So I had to right click on cmd and run as administrator. Then it allowed me to run the command. The hiberfil.sys file is not in the C:\ yet but I now have the hybrid sleep and hibernate option in the advanced power configuration menu. However, even after turning hibernate on at the command line it is still shown as disabled in the power config menu. Not sure why. Any idea what caused this in the first place? It seems to work now but I need to test that it actually sleeps correctly. Thanks for your help! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Intel Core 2 Dueo E8400@3GHz Memory 4GB/3GB Usable Graphics Card Onboard Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 50' Samsung Plasma Hard Drives OS - Western Digital Caviar Black
Many others |
05 May 2012
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#4 | | Win 7 Pro x64 SP1, Win 7 Ult x86 SP1 NC, USA |
Yes, CMD need to be "run as administrator" for this - that's what "elevated" means.
hiberfil.sys is a hidden file - don't worry about it.
Can you attach a screen print showing "it is still shown as disabled in the power config menu"? Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums
I thought hibernate is enabled by default on a Win 7 install.
I'm not sure why yours was not, or how it might have been turned off later if you didn't do it. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number home built OS Win 7 Pro x64 SP1, Win 7 Ult x86 SP1 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 620 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H Memory 6GB GSkill DDR2 800 Graphics Card AMD 4670 GPU + AMD 4200 IGP Sound Card on board Realtek ALC889A Monitor(s) Displays RCA 40" LCD TV, Insignia 32" LCD TV, HP 15" LCD monitor Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050... Keyboard Gyration wireless, Logitech wireless, Dell USB wired Mouse Gyration wireless, Logitech wireless, V7 USB wired PSU Corsair 500 W Case Rosewill mid tower Cooling CM 90mm Tower Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120GB,
Samsung F3 1TB (3),
Several others - WD, Seagate, Hitachi, ... Internet Speed Uverse - 12Mbps D / 1.5Mbps U Antivirus Avast free OR MSE. (+ MBAM Pro). Browser 1-Firefox, 2-IE. (Chrome and Opera for testing) Other Info 2 PCs: Primary: dual-boot, Test: triple-boot.
Mainly HTPC/Gen purpose (no gaming).
Trendnet USB KVM.
LG DVD burner/Blue Ray Player.
Tray system for removable SATA backup drives.
Not currently OCd, under-volted.
I use Hybrid sleep, rarely re-boot or shutdown.
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