No input/output after sleep in Windows 7

Hi everyone,
last night, I decided to sleep my computer instead of shutting it down (I've never had any problems with this feature in previous versions of windows). I went to wake it up this morning and it didn't respond to any mouse movement or the keyboard. I didn't have anything running that was important, so I held down the power button and rebooted; still no display on my monitors. I tried shutting down and unplugging the psu and left it for around 30 mins. Still nothing when I tried to reboot. I can hear the computer running. Hard drives work, fans are on and the gpu is running as well. I've tried resetting the RAM, booting with just one RAM stick and removing the battery for 10 seconds as well but no matter what I try, I can't get any display on the monitor and I can't input anything either. The keyboard and mouse aren't even getting power from the usb ports. My guess is that all the ports on my mobo are "asleep" and will stay that way until I change the wake settings in BIOS. The only problem is, I can't go into BIOS! Does anyone have any ideas? Any insight is much appreciated.
Also, please note that the motherboard and ram were opened about a month ago with no issues at all to date.

Specs:
Custom Built
Asus P5Q3 Motherboard
Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb GPU
6GB (3x 2GB) Corsair DDR3 RAM
Intel Q6600 @ 2.40Ghz
Corsair 620W PSU
Boot Drive 500gb Seagate Barracuda
3x 1TB Drives (Seagate, Hitachi, WD)
HT Omega Striker 7.1 Sound Card
2x Acer AL2223W 22" Monitor
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Razer Lachesis Mouse

do you have windows update set to run and auto install? It might be an uppgrade thats giving you grief
Ken

zigzag3143 said:

do you have windows update set to run and auto install? It might be an uppgrade thats giving you grief
Ken

Yes I have the updates set to notify me when they are available. The last update I did was for the language pack.

Try a ps2 keyboard?

I move the clear jumper and take the battery out for 10 minutes when I really need to make sure I've cleared the CMOS. If you haven't given it 10 minutes you might try that.

You've got to get into setup. I'm not clear, have you disconnected the HDDs? Sounds like you have.

If you have and it still doesn't boot into setup, even with a PS2 keyboard you may need to go through the classic motherboard on cardboard troubleshooting sequence (as much as I hate to suggest anyone have to do that).

But before you do that, make sure everything that is plugged in is firmly seated. I've learned that last one the hard way.

Best wishes -- hope it turns out to be an easy fix.

GailLA said:

Try a ps2 keyboard?

I move the clear jumper and take the battery out for 10 minutes when I really need to make sure I've cleared the CMOS. If you haven't given it 10 minutes you might try that.

You've got to get into setup. I'm not clear, have you disconnected the HDDs? Sounds like you have.

If you have and it still doesn't boot into setup, even with a PS2 keyboard you may need to go through the classic motherboard on cardboard troubleshooting sequence (as much as I hate to suggest anyone have to do that).

But before you do that, make sure everything that is plugged in is firmly seated. I've learned that last one the hard way.

Best wishes -- hope it turns out to be an easy fix.

Turns out it was an easy fix! I finally found the CMOS pins for my mobo (buried under all the cords of course). I unplugged the psu, removed the battery, set the jumper to the other pins, waited for 10 mins as you said, and plugged everything back in. Worked like a charm . Thanks for your input, greatly appreciated.

xenfinity said:

Turns out it was an easy fix! I finally found the CMOS pins for my mobo (buried under all the cords of course). I unplugged the psu, removed the battery, set the jumper to the other pins, waited for 10 mins as you said, and plugged everything back in. Worked like a charm . Thanks for your input, greatly appreciated.

I'm so glad it was that easy! Congrats. ^5