Thanks for responding, In the previous postings I thought the computer was failing to wake. It turns out the 1st problem is that the computer does an "unexpected shutdown" in response to an automatic or manual sleep command. It is not sleeping! The Device Manager entries are all clean. I have...
My Windows 7 desktop will not enter automatic or manual sleep. In both cases the computer does an "unsuccessful shutdown". I have to cycle power to reboot the computer. Restart and Shutdown work normally. I have enabled automatic sleep with both Power Options, powercfg, and BIOS. powercfg...
Yes, I have experienced the same problem.. Forum not accepting my reply posts. Also, I get ad popups blocking part of your response. The ads are hardware I've mentioned in my posts.
Having problems posting...does not seem to happen. I'll try again. The 1st external drive that would work with USB cable but not with esata cable was returned. Both drives are hot plugable . On boot up with the external drive turned on and connected, the computer assigns a new drive letter and...
The external drives are hot-pluggable. 'My Computer" displays a new drive letter for the isata compatible second external drive with the back-up image files that I had created. I get the incompatible hardware diagnostic when I run powercfg -energy even when the external drive is not connected...
I checked my sata control mode in the BIOS. It is set to IDE: the choices are IDE, Raid, or AHCI. I did not change it at this time. My sata internal drives are working fine and Power Management worked OK with Sleep until I started using the external drive. I have also read the tutorial in this...
Hi Saltgrass, Thanks for rapidly responding. I neglected to mention, I am using an Antec Sonata III 500 enclosure. eSata is just a connector and a special shielded cable. The external sata hd enclosure brand is Comkia(an unknown Chinese Co.). The enclosure is made just for sata drives and has...
Thanks for responding. What is ACPI? I do not know how to interpret Event Viewer, so far. Action Center told me to update the Sata disk controller. I did that by downloading from the Gigabyte web site. No change in inability to wake after sleep after update. Here's the info on the computer: 1...
I ran powercfg -energy as recommended by Saltgrass with the external drive not connected and here's what was reported: 1. "Sleep time out is disabled." Yes I did that manually by using Control Panel. 2. USB Devices not entering Suspend: - Microsoft Wireless Mouse and Keyboard...
Desktop does not respond to mouse actions as previously nor the front panel power switch. I have to disconnect the power cord, reconnect, and press the front panel power button. Then the unit starts up and returns to window without the login window as if it was sleeping. The problem started...