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Sleep Mode problems and more, help!
Hi everyone,
I apologize if this question has been asked before, but the last two and a half weeks of troubleshooting a bad RAM issue (fixed) and bad wireless adapter driver issue (fixed) have exhausted my sanity. Mostly because my computer expertise is so limited.
This is my newest, and hopefully last, major issue I'm contending with: Sleep Mode.
- 10-15 secs. to enter sleep mode
- ~5 secs. for system to wake up and for desktop to flash up, but with limited interactivity;
- mouse pointer moves
- start button & menu work, but items can't be selected
- right-clicking works on taskbar and certain system tray icons, not on desktop background/image
- right-clicking on one item or another causes the system to appear frozen, with only the circular activity icon going
- Pressing the reset button, below Power, initiates the boot sequence, but now leads to "Resuming Windows"
- The screen stays blank for 1.5-2 mins.
- The desktop flashes up normal; but the busy/activity light will continue to flicker for another ~3 minutes.
In other, related threads, I've seen mention of things like Power Management settings (e.g. setting to High Performance & disabling Hybrid Sleep), setting the ACPI to S3 or S1 in the BIOS, and checking in the Event Viewer for the culprit. But I still seem to be doing wrong.
What is the most systematic way of approaching this problem from the start?
What system diagnostic tools can I run to start finding the source of the problem(s)?
Not sure if related: Event Viewer has been logging a whole lot of errors, such as WHEA-Logger (some kind of "fatal" processor-related error), SideBySide, and Service Control Manager (something 3D driver-related for my video card).
Thank you all in advance for any and all input you can provide!