Windows 7: Can't come out of sleep mode sometimes

This has just started recently, very annoying when it happens, probably once every 3 days. How can I fix it? Nothing has really changed at all it just started happening out of the blue, any ideas?



I am running

Windows 7 x64
AMD Athlon II X3 425
4 GB DDR 2 800Mhz
1.5TB WD Green
30 GB OCZ SSD Vertex
Asus M3A78-EM

Welcome,
Next time it happens, go to search, type event viewer and take down the errors. Do that 3 more times and make note of the common errors.

Now when you say cant come out of sleep mode, how are you trying to wake the computer up?

Can you give more details, event viewer is a big program.

By pressing my Power button.

Try getting out of sleep by using the keyboard. The mouse may not work, if you have a optical that is off. Check to be sure that the keyboard setting is set up to wake from sleep.

Read this, too
Windows Does Not Start After Sleep[2]=Power Management

I turn off the keyboard and mouse for sleep (Wake on KB/Mouse). I have to because I use my desk for paper work as well.

It does come out of sleep, to a blank screen, and then I have to restart the computer in order to have everything up and running again. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that earlier.

There is no fix exia, except to not use sleep mode.

Have you looked at my tutorial Rich posted?

~Lordbob

It was working for 8 months, I have been using Windows 7 x64 all this time and nothing has changed. So what has happened really?

I really wish people wouldn't backtrack and edit their posts and add new info, very easy to miss and I don't see why you can't just make a new post.

Too bad this forum doesn't have a changed edits line like other forums.

There's a hotfix specifically for sleep issues with some computers. I had to download it for a lenovo recently. You can get it from microsoft here