sleep issues

  1. 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...
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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...
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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...
  4. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
  17. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...