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I have a couple problems that have been happening only in windows 7. Both of these problems do not happen if i load vista on another partition and try these in vista.

1. When i hit the sleep button in 7 i will take anywhere from 30seconds to 5 minutes for the computer to finally sleep. In vista this takes only a few seconds.

2.Periodically my internet browser will no longer go to web pages, this happens in internet explorer, chrome, and firefox. When i exit from the browser the entire computer acts as if it is computing in slow motion and any task takes forever.

I have zonealarm firewall and antivirus loaded but this still happens if the program has not been installed on the system yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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rcflier500 said:
I have a couple problems that have been happening only in windows 7. Both of these problems do not happen if i load vista on another partition and try these in vista.

1. When i hit the sleep button in 7 i will take anywhere from 30seconds to 5 minutes for the computer to finally sleep. In vista this takes only a few seconds.

2.Periodically my internet browser will no longer go to web pages, this happens in internet explorer, chrome, and firefox. When i exit from the browser the entire computer acts as if it is computing in slow motion and any task takes forever.

I have zonealarm firewall and antivirus loaded but this still happens if the program has not been installed on the system yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to the forums rcflier!

Lets get some preliminaries out of the way...
  • What version of Win7?
  • Where did you acquire this copy of Windows 7?
  • Was it an Upgrade or Clean Install?
  • What browser and version?
  • What antivirus/version?
  • Are you also running Windows firewall?
 

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Welcome to the forums rcflier!

Lets get some preliminaries out of the way...
  • What version of Win7?
  • Where did you acquire this copy of Windows 7?
  • Was it an Upgrade or Clean Install?
  • What browser and version?
  • What antivirus/version?
  • Are you also running Windows firewall?
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  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Newegg
  • Clean Install and an upgrade. I tried it twice.
  • google chrome version 4.1.249.1045
  • Antivirus is Zone Alarm Internet Security. But the problem is still there even before i install Zone Alarm
  • WIndows firewall is off
 

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
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7 Ultimate
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Core 2 Quad q8200
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Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
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Water

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just tried the clean boot and it still takes a long time to sleep. What is the normal time for the computer to sleep once the button has been pressed?
 

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
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Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
Hello RCFlier, and welcome to Seven Forums.

That amount of time sounds like you may have hibernate and/or hybrid enabled. As a test, make sure that hibernate is disabled and that you have the recommended settings for sleep in your Power Plan settings to see if you still get the same delay when putting the computer to sleep.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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All of the sleep settings are correct.

Now there is a new problem. Once it finally goes to sleep, sometimes when i come back it have shit down, and then i restart it i will get the message that windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown.
 

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
rcflier500 said:
...Once it finally goes to sleep, sometimes when i come back it have shit down, and then i restart it i will get the message that windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown.
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Your PC does WHAT??? LOL!

Happy Easter All!!!

Do you get the dialog box popup telling you that Windows is trying to end a process or app, and do you want to Force it?
 

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Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
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Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
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Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
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Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
Keyboard
MS Natural Wireless KB
Mouse
MS Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
50 mbps down/5 mbps up
Other Info
AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
YES! if i try to restart or shutdown i get the box that says there is a program running and would i like to force a restart or shutdown, but the area which usually shows the program that is running is empty.
 

My Computer My Computer

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
rcflier500 said:
YES! if i try to restart or shutdown i get the box that says there is a program running and would i like to force a restart or shutdown, but the area which usually shows the program that is running is empty.
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Does Forcing reduce the shutdown time?
 

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Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg"
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Memory
4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DX
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
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Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
Keyboard
MS Natural Wireless KB
Mouse
MS Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
50 mbps down/5 mbps up
Other Info
AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
yes it shuts down immediately if i hit the force shut down. If i dont hit force shutdown it will only take a couple seconds for it to close the phantom program
 

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
Have you tried disabling AV or other open apps to see which one is the offending app?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signa...Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - O...4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ ReaperNvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg"
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Memory
4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DX
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
Cooling
Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
Keyboard
MS Natural Wireless KB
Mouse
MS Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
50 mbps down/5 mbps up
Other Info
AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
this also happens the second i load windows. I got a new drive and loaded the OS and this problem was there from the beginning. even when there were no programs loaded on it.
 

My Computer My Computer

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7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
These issues can also be troubleshot by checking the Performance-Diagnostics log for what is hanging or slow to shutdown. Click through WEI score at Control Panel>System and select Advanced Tools. You can generate a System health report there that is revealing, too.
 
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rcflier500 said:
just tried the clean boot and it still takes a long time to sleep. What is the normal time for the computer to sleep once the button has been pressed?
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Question... Is it going to sleep or is it Hibernating?

When going into hibernation your system has to write your memory to disk, per your specs, you have 8gb of memory in there... it's going to take a while. (and it's going to use about 8gb of disk space too)

Try disabling hibernation (in power settings) and using conventional standby for your sleep mode... See what happens....
 

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Its fixed now! I had my bios set to s3 memory sleep, but my power settings had hybrid sleep enabled. Thanks a lot to all of you!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

7 UltimateCore 2 Quad q82008gb ddr2-8002 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
7 Ultimate
CPU
Core 2 Quad q8200
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-x48-DS5
Memory
8gb ddr2-800
Graphics Card(s)
2 ATI HD4850 in crossfirex
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 22 inch LCD
Hard Drives
1Tb Caviar Black
PSU
650 Watt
Case
Antec three hundred
Cooling
Water
rcflier500 said:
Its fixed now! I had my bios set to s3 memory sleep, but my power settings had hybrid sleep enabled. Thanks a lot to all of you!
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Glad you got it figured out!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signa...Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - O...4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ ReaperNvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg"
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Memory
4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GE Force 8800 GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DX
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 750GB - 7200RPM - 32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB - 5400RPM - 64MB cache
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
Cooling
Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec)
Keyboard
MS Natural Wireless KB
Mouse
MS Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
50 mbps down/5 mbps up
Other Info
AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
Good going.
 

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Windows 10, Home Clean InstallIntel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB)...6 gbATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
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Dell XPS 420
OS
Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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Dell
Memory
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Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card
Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell SP2009W 20"
Hard Drives
640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Cooling
Fan
Keyboard
Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse
Dell Premium Optical USB
Internet Speed
DSL 2.85
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