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Windows 7 Lockup after video off...
New here... Got a problem that just plain doesn't want to go away. I have Win7 Pro X86 on an ASUS M2N series motherboard, AMD X2 4200 processor, plus the usual SATA drives, usb keyboard + mouse, nvidia 8400 graphics and Acer x193w monitor. When this setup works it works perfectly... It worked...- CommonTater
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- cpu issues diagnostics explorer bug graphics card graphics driver home pc lockup monitor motherboard nvidia drivers performance registry reset sata drive sleep issues troubleshooting unresponsive usb keyboard user support windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD when putting laptop (Thinkpad t410i) to sleep
I have a Thinkpad T410i with Windows 7 Pro 64bit. Whenever I close the lid and the laptop tries to go to sleep, it hangs for a few minutes then I get the Blue Screen of Death. The Sleep light does not turn on so I know it crashed. I've used the Windows Debugger to look at the MiniDump...- oobioobi
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- bios update blue screen bsod debugging device driver driver issues driver update error analysis hardware kernel dump laptop minidump pci.sys power management power state sleep issues system error thinkpad troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Sleep Issues -- Keyboard & Mouse
Hi guys, firstly, sorry if there are millions of threads on this already. I know 7 can be a pain for random sleep issues. I had a quick search and didn't find anything quite like what I'm experiencing though. Sometimes, when my PC wakes up from sleep, the keyboard and mouse don't work. It...- Tranceaddict
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- ai tools asus p5q cooling debugging device manager devices driver issues hardware heatsink keyboard mouse power management q-fan random issues reboot issues sleep issues troubleshooting usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Is Windows 7 RTM so good that SP1 needs no real improvements?
Yesterday, Microsoft started the announcements about Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The one thing that struck me was the fact that Windows 7 will only get some minor updates and bug fixes from the Service Pack. Even though Windows 7 is sweet and looks very good from the beginning, I...- reghakr
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- bug fixes dfs enhancements feature request file system libraries media center microsoft multiple devices network sharing power management search service service pack sleep issues sp1 system admin user experience windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 7 Computer won't sleep, unless I am downloading.
W7HP edition. Sometimes my computer will go to sleep, but most of the time it won't. The only time it will guarantee to go to sleep, is if I am downloading a large file. If I am downloading, 100% of the time, it will go to sleep. Is there a setting somewhere, that will tell the computer to not...- ddharper
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- computer sleep downloading file download power settings sleep issues sleep mode system settings timeout settings w7hp windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Sleep and/or lockup issue
I've got a Windows 7 Pro 64 bit system (6.1.7600.16385) with a bit of an issue. It's a high end, RAID 1 (hardware configured) system. Quad core Xeon and 8GB ram... I need this system to stay running until I tell it otherwise..... but it's not. I always disable Windows updates, just for this...- Jayhawk
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- bios event viewer hardware issues help request high end pc lockup logs power settings quad core raid restart shutdown issues sleep issues system freeze system performance system reliability troubleshooting usb power save windows 7 windows performance
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 USB Mouse freezes upon waking up
I have a Microsoft brand USB mouse connected by wire to a desktop computer. When I allow the computer to go to sleep, I cannot wake it up via the mouse. A tap on the keyboard will wake the computer up, but all I get out of the mouse is a slight twitch before it freezes. Once I am back onto...- exordia
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- computer connectivity desktop drivers freezes hardware interaction microsoft peripheral sleep issues troubleshooting usb mouse wake up
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 My system wakes up dead
My laptop will go to sleep BUT when I wake it up I get a backlight and fan, and that is it. To recover, I must disconnect power, pull the battery, replug all that and cold boot. It just started this about a week ago. Before that it worked just fine. A windows update may be responsible as I have...- ruggb
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- averatec backlight bios cold boot driver rollback energy report error recovery fan issues graphics driver hardware issues laptop power config power management ram sleep issues tech support troubleshooting wake up windows 7 windows update
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hibernation Problems with my Laptop
Hi guys My laptop has been doing some odd things lately which is related with hibernation from Windows 7 Professional 1st Problem - Whenever I hibernate my laptop, after a few hours it hibernates itself to the desktop. It annoys me since I don't realise that my laptop has been on all night...- vims213
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- cooling pad directx error gaming hibernation laptop performance problem sleep issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Crash upon resume from S3 standby
Machine was working fine until about the time the message about Windows update causing a black screen of death came out. It's used as a media centre with twin dvb-s tuners and one dvb-t. That all works fine, and the machine goes back to sleep after half an hour. However, sometimes it just...- Bossworld
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- black screen crash driver issues dvb-s dvb-t event viewer media center reformat s3 standby sleep issues sleep mode system error troubleshooting vfd driver wake issues windows bugs windows update x64 x86
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Not sleeping (general solutions didn't work)
Hello; When I press Sleep at start menu, screen just goes to black for 1-2 seconds and after Windows Logon menu appears. I've tried Allow waker timers to off, When sharing media to Allow the computer to sleep, Allow hybrid sleep to On/Off, USB selective suspend settings to...- Seregwethrin
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- blue screen computer sleep desktop device manager event viewer hardware settings hibernate hybrid sleep memory dump power settings powercfg sleep function sleep issues system settings troubleshooting usb settings wake timers windows 10 windows 11 windows logs
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Windows 7 Sleep/Wake not an answered question
Hello, I just updated from Vista 64 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. Everything worked fine for the first couple of weeks and then things began to act funny. I'm not a computer wizard so I'm turning to you for help. Here is my situation. I normally leave my computer on and only turn it off when it...- LPC
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- background processes computer help driver update gateway fx hybrid sleep intel memory monitor issues nvidia restart sleep issues sleep mode system performance tech support troubleshooting user experience vista upgrade wake issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to Fix Sleep Mode Display Distortion on Windows 7 PC
My new PC with Windows 7 is great, except for one annoying issue. When my machine sleeps, sometimes it awakens with a distorted and enlarged view. I work from home, largely with picture files, so distortion make the job difficult. The display and resolution settings haven't changed, but what I...- Alyssa
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- awakening problems computer issues display settings distortion graphics home office image files resolution sleep issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 System unable to sleep/shut down, and other errors.
I recently made a post about the sleep issue, but to rephrase, I was having trouble with my Acer Aspire 4810T sleeping when I closed the lid, but I managed to fix it by changing the properties for my wifi card so that it would not wake up the computer. The other day I downloaded a driver update...- t3dw4rd0
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- acer battery meter computer issues disk check driver update error diagnosis explorer crash power management registry shutdown issues sleep issues system issues task manager troubleshooting user interface windows error windows update wireless card
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Random wake from sleep (yet another)
I've unchecked "Allow this device to wake the computer" for the Ethernet device. My bluetooth mouse and keyboard have both been checked to "Allow this device to wake the computer" which is right, yes? I do want to be able to wake my computer via mouse or keyboard. I'm running Avira Antivir...- chimpybits
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- 64-bit antivirus avira bluetooth computer management computer wake device settings ethernet keyboard mouse power plan sleep issues system settings task scheduler trigger update user preferences wake issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Gateway Laptop has problems when waking from sleep
I have a Gateway T-1616 laptop. it cam with Vista 32bit. I ran the upgrade advisor on it, and it said all would be well running Windows 7 64 bit. I did a clean install. It works great except for one thing. Whenever it goes to sleep, upon wake-up, it says I have no sound installed, but it has...- poco242
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- 64-bit audio issues clean install drivers gateway laptop sleep issues upgrade advisor usb mouse windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Primary screen on a laptop disabed after sleep in dual screen setup
Hello I am used to using a dual screen setup with my asus z96j laptop. I have a secondary viewsonic display attached to my vga port. After installing windows 7 i have noticed, that after my main screen is turned off (such as when my computer goes to sleep, or when the lid is closed) it would...- turbik
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- asus ati chipset display settings dual display external monitor generic monitor hardware configuration laptop primary monitor resolution secondary monitor sleep issues vga windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Sleep problems Win7 Home Premium
I have an Abit QuadGT IX38 mobo, latest BIOS, but they are out of the mobo business and I don't expect any new BIOS revisions. Can't even find their US support site any longer. Anyway, the trouble is, I can put the pc to sleep apparently fine the first time, but after waking it up, it will not...- Pepejl
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- abit quadgt bios event viewer hardware home premium power management shutdown issues sleep issues troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 black screen when resuming from sleep
I have Win 7 (64bit) Home Premium. I have been experiencing black screens after resuming from sleep or hibernate. The system doesn't seem to hang, only refuses to display anything. I need to push the restart button for few seconds to shut off the PC. When started everything works fine. Please...- kxk56
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- amd processor black screen display issues hibernate home premium onboard video restart sleep issues troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Lag, then BSoD when attempting to resume from sleep
I am hoping that some of you wonderful people may be able to help me with this problem as besides this I love 7 so far. Here is the issue: Computer always boots and runs normally. It will run stably 24/7 if left on. Shutting down and Powering up present no problems. When I attempt to resume...- ThinMintAddict
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- amd processor ati graphics blue screen bsod error graphics driver hardware issues memory management problem report sleep issues system crash windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)