No sleep option in Windows 7 after motherboard change

[qwerty1343]

Hello there,

My motherboard and CPU were bad, so I changed them out for new ones:

Old board/CPU

ASUS M5A78L M USB 3
FX6300

New board/CPU

Intel Core i5 4460]
Gigabyte Z97 D3H

I was expecting for Windows to crash, and it did, but then it loaded the new drivers, and it shut off, then loaded and was working. I had to phone up to get activated - that was all good. But ever since this, there is no option to put my PC to sleep.

The only thing I can think of, is that the power switch LED is not plugged in properly/or to the right port or the power switch. Other than this, how can I fix my problem? Cheers, qwertyK

 

[oscer1]

Hi make sure their is no driver errors in device manager. I would check for updated drivers for graphics card.

 

[remm]

There might be a setting in the BIOS you have to enable to show the sleep mode in the OS. The link might give a hint...

 

[qwerty1343]

I fixed the problem, although not sure if its a permenant fix. In device manager, I had my GPU and also "Standard VGA Adapter"???. I disabled it and it worked. For some reason I try to uninstall it, then I reboot, and then it installs itself again. What is the standard VGA adapter?

 

[qwerty1343]

Hi make sure their is no driver errors in device manager. I would check for updated drivers for graphics card.

There are device errors, one for Standard VGA Adapter, one for SMBus Controller, the other for USB.

 

[oscer1]

install the chipset drivers. do note install the hot fix first. GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1150 - GA-Z97-D3H (rev. 1.0)
might have to go to bios and disable the onboard graphics.

 

[qwerty1343]

If I've installed the discrete card already, won't the integrated graphics already be disabled? I did download the latest chipset drivers (Intel managment engine) but did not install the hot fix (it would not run).

Should I do a clean reinstall of windows 7?

 

[oscer1]

hi you are up to re installing the OS that is what I would of done when changing motherboard and cpu

 

[Layback Bear]

hi you are up to re installing the OS that is what I would of done when changing motherboard and cpu

 

[qwerty1343]

Yeah think I will. Was going to do it when I changed the parts, as I wasn't expecting it to load, but as it did I thought why bother?

Can I download Windows 10 and do a clean install of it from windows 7? Because that is what i want to do.