PC Won't wake from sleep

[Biscuit]

Hi,

Hoping someone can help me with this.

I installed 7RC a couple of months ago. Since then whenever my pc sleeps I can not wake it up. It used to wake up fine in XP.

To get it going again I have to cold reboot or pull the plug. When it comes back up everything I was doing is still there, I just have to enter my password.

I think I have all the settings right but if someone could run me through everything that needs to be set I'd be really grateful.

Thanks in advance.


Rich

 

[Anthony]

Mine is the same and takes about 2 and a half mins to wake up :huh:

I have my bios set to wake up on double mouse click, it does wake up eventually

Should be fixed in the official release!!

 

[Cindy]

Not keen on sleep mode, as it leaks power keeping components on. Switching on and off also clears system cache and memory buffers.........which speeds up your system

 

[zigzag3143]

waking problem

Hi,

Hoping someone can help me with this.

I installed 7RC a couple of months ago. Since then whenever my pc sleeps I can not wake it up. It used to wake up fine in XP.

To get it going again I have to cold reboot or pull the plug. When it comes back up everything I was doing is still there, I just have to enter my password.

I think I have all the settings right but if someone could run me through everything that needs to be set I'd be really grateful.

Thanks in advance.


Rich

Rich
HI and welcome to sevenforums
thanks for filling out your system specs

A assume you tried just pushing the wake button (usually the shutdown button) so I will move on to your settings in power plan. what is checked under ac, and battery.

Ken

 

[Biscuit]

Hi again all, thanks for the v quick replies.

I have tried the power button which used to work in XP but doesn't now. I have also tried every button on the keyboard and mouse. I updated the Nvidia driver yesterday to the latest.

Power settings

Top level=Balanced
Turn off display=30 mins
Put comp to sleep=5 hours (changed to stop it sleeping)
Turn off HDD after 30mins
Wireless Adapter =max performance
Allow hybrid sleep=on
Hybernate=never
Allow wake timers=enable
USB sleective suspend=Enabled
Power button action=Shut down
Sleep button=Do nothing (I don't have one)
PCI Express=moderate power savings

Think that's all the relevant ones. I know the BIOS sleep is set to auto and I think manual options available are S1 or S3. I'm not home at the moment. I am remoted in but of course can't check BIOS.

Let me know if any other info would help.

Many thanks

R

 

[Biscuit]

By the way Cindy I do agree with you but as I use remote software I need to use sleep so that I can use WOL rather than just leaving it on all the time.

R

 

[Bartacus]

Subscribed for more info. I just experienced this today. But after I did a hard reboot, Windows 7 simply "resumed" instead of a new login. I'm not sure if that's due to my solid state OS drive or what. This is my first experience with both Window 7 AND solid state technology. I mashed every key on my keyboard and the thing STILL would not wake up. But every time I hit a key, my keyboard lights go on once and off, so at least I get some response. But the screen doesn't wake up.

Is there anything new in Windows 7 regarding sleep/wake that I should be aware of here?

Bart

 

[A320]

I too have similar problems. Sometimes it wakes no problem, other times it fires up but the screen stays blank and the HD task light stays on solid. I pull the plug (flick the hard switch on the back of the PSU) and as mentioned above, sometimes it goes back to my previous state in Windows after logging in. I use both 'High Performance' and 'Power Saver' settings. I haven't trialed and errored it yet but I think this may be occurring only when I am in 'Power Saver' mode and yes I am overclocking with CoolnQuet enabled and working when I switch to 'power saver' mode if this makes any difference.

I also use to have these kind of problems with XP so I thought maybe it was a BIOS setting but I have it set as follows:

[FONT=&quot]Suspend Mode - Auto[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Repost video on S3 resume - No[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Set ACPI 2.0 - Enabled[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ACPI APIC – Enabled[/FONT]

 

[whest]

Nice rig you have - I hate nvidia, and its damn drivers, and the problems its caused people, however, the fix is generally installing the latest video card driver, so if for some gaming reason you havent been updating your drivers try the latest 7 driver.

 

[Flavius]

Maybe this tutorial help you:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html?filter[2]=Power%20Management,if not I suggest update BIOS and drivers for chipset

 

[A320]

Nice rig you have - I hate nvidia, and its damn drivers, and the problems its caused people, however, the fix is generally installing the latest video card driver, so if for some gaming reason you havent been updating your drivers try the latest 7 driver.

I have NVIDIA 190.38 drivers which are for win7x64 but from what I just saw right now, not the latest (looks like 190.62 is out). I will update and see the results.

Maybe this tutorial help you:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html?filter[2]=Power%20Management,if not I suggest update BIOS and drivers for chipset

I was wondering about my chipset drivers and where I can get the latest. I have an ASUS M3A32-MVP and when I checked a couple weeks ago, I didn't see anything available on their site for 7. Also, I am running 'Drivermax' and It didn't find anything for my chipset either, meaning I should have the latest I believe.

 

[Flavius]

I was wondering about my chipset drivers and where I can get the latest. I have an ASUS M3A32-MVP and when I checked a couple weeks ago, I didn't see anything available on their site for 7. Also, I am running 'Drivermax' and It didn't find anything for my chipset either, meaning I should have the latest I believe.

If don't exist drivers for 7 you should try for Vista instead,neverless I think you have already driver for chipset up to date.But I suspect you don't have the newest BIOS -for your motherboard is from 2009/06/11 ver 1705
here you have:ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

 

[whest]

Intel drivers here - download from Guru3D.com
They may need to be installed in compatibility mode with vista if they wont install because of an OS mismatch -
To install a driver OR program in compatibility mode - right click the setup.exe file - click properties - click compatibility - check run in compatibility with vista/xp etc - check run as administrator - leave the rest blank. Start setup.exe and install.
I agree with Flavius they probably wont need updating. Dates dont mean much as they are mainly for the latest boards.

 

[A320]

I haven't had the chance to try updating a few of my drivers and seeing if it fixes but I was reading this, if you guys haven't found this thread yet, check it out, seems like someone has found a possible fix.

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/20320-sleep-mode-still-freeze-up-win-7-rtm.html

 

[A320]

If don't exist drivers for 7 you should try for Vista instead,neverless I think you have already driver for chipset up to date.But I suspect you don't have the newest BIOS -for your motherboard is from 2009/06/11 ver 1705
here you have:ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

Thanks and yes I have bios 1705.

 

[texaspetersons]

ok, I had this same issue... computer would not go fully into sleep mode, the monitor would be blank (btw I was not getting check cable message on monitor so I know it was connected. I also swapped DVI cables, etc.)

the problem seemed to be with going to sleep because I had disabled an audio card that I was getting poor audio out of (Creative SB X-Fi. still working this issue). I enabled the audio card, and now the computer goes to sleep properly and resumes properly as well...

so, check you audio cards too, as I know most mother boards have a built in audio (Realtek) and many folks add another higher end card and disable the other...

good luck!

 

[speedology]

I had a similar problem. It would be worth checking that your monitor isnt confused about whether it is receiving an analog or digital signal from the display card:


http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/sleep-problem-with-display-t75471.html