After going into sleep mode nothing will wake machine up. M/B LEDS show
activity. Monitor stays asleep. Mouse/keyboard on and active. Auto run w/
cd-rom also a no go. Hammer on side of case just made me feel better.

I too had that problem. I eventually turned off the sleep function under the
power settings. Machine was on, but no video. VERY annoying...I too found
solice in an aluminum Hot Bat to the case.

"CbtAbn" wrote:

> After going into sleep mode nothing will wake machine up. M/B LEDS show
> activity. Monitor stays asleep. Mouse/keyboard on and active. Auto run w/
> cd-rom also a no go. Hammer on side of case just made me feel better.
>
>

My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed it seems
to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake up.
Somebody help our comatose Vistas!

I just got a new Dimension E521 with Windows Vista and I am having the same
problem. I set it to never go to sleep, and that seems to work, but it is
troublesome. Makes me wish that I did not get Vista.




"Penguinpi" wrote:

> My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed it seems
> to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake up.
> Somebody help our comatose Vistas!

Same thing here. I'm new to Vista and the sleep mode basically causes me to
have to hold the power button down to shut down and restart in order to get
back on my computer. Please help!

"newuser" wrote:

>
> I just got a new Dimension E521 with Windows Vista and I am having the same
> problem. I set it to never go to sleep, and that seems to work, but it is
> troublesome. Makes me wish that I did not get Vista.
>
>
>
>
> "Penguinpi" wrote:
>
> > My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed it seems
> > to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake up.
> > Somebody help our comatose Vistas!

"Mindy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:36A2B09C-3BD6-4900-85FA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Same thing here. I'm new to Vista and the sleep mode basically causes me
> to
> have to hold the power button down to shut down and restart in order to
> get
> back on my computer. Please help!
>
> "newuser" wrote:
>
>>
>> I just got a new Dimension E521 with Windows Vista and I am having the
>> same
>> problem. I set it to never go to sleep, and that seems to work, but it is
>> troublesome. Makes me wish that I did not get Vista.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Penguinpi" wrote:
>>
>> > My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed it
>> > seems
>> > to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake up.
>> > Somebody help our comatose Vistas!

I have another Vista with dysfunctional insomnia. At the moment I have
disabled the sleep function by choosing "High Performance" Power Option,
which is set to never put the computer to sleep. Right now it is not worth
the fight vs. leaving it on all the time. I do have the display set to turn
off in 20 minutes. I will see how this feels for a couple of days.

I'm also having the same problem.. The exact same "symptoms".

When i close the lid the computer goes into sleep mode when i open the lid
again it appears that the computer turns back on but the screen stays black.
In the end I shut it down abruptly by holding down the power button for 3 sec.

I got a Genex laptop model M570U3.


"John Hanley" wrote:

>
> "Mindy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:36A2B09C-3BD6-4900-85FA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Same thing here. I'm new to Vista and the sleep mode basically causes me
> > to
> > have to hold the power button down to shut down and restart in order to
> > get
> > back on my computer. Please help!
> >
> > "newuser" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I just got a new Dimension E521 with Windows Vista and I am having the
> >> same
> >> problem. I set it to never go to sleep, and that seems to work, but it is
> >> troublesome. Makes me wish that I did not get Vista.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Penguinpi" wrote:
> >>
> >> > My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed it
> >> > seems
> >> > to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake up.
> >> > Somebody help our comatose Vistas!
>
> I have another Vista with dysfunctional insomnia. At the moment I have
> disabled the sleep function by choosing "High Performance" Power Option,
> which is set to never put the computer to sleep. Right now it is not worth
> the fight vs. leaving it on all the time. I do have the display set to turn
> off in 20 minutes. I will see how this feels for a couple of days.
>
>

Microsoft is currently working on a hotfix for Vista sleep problems. You
can get it now throught Microsoft but they suggest to wait until it appears
in a future update.



"Spriggan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:771969C8-C8B0-4F56-B440-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm also having the same problem.. The exact same "symptoms".
>
> When i close the lid the computer goes into sleep mode when i open the lid
> again it appears that the computer turns back on but the screen stays
> black.
> In the end I shut it down abruptly by holding down the power button for 3
> sec.
>
> I got a Genex laptop model M570U3.
>
>
> "John Hanley" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Mindy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:36A2B09C-3BD6-4900-85FA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Same thing here. I'm new to Vista and the sleep mode basically causes
>> > me
>> > to
>> > have to hold the power button down to shut down and restart in order to
>> > get
>> > back on my computer. Please help!
>> >
>> > "newuser" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I just got a new Dimension E521 with Windows Vista and I am having the
>> >> same
>> >> problem. I set it to never go to sleep, and that seems to work, but it
>> >> is
>> >> troublesome. Makes me wish that I did not get Vista.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Penguinpi" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My laptop does the same thing and I have to reboot. I have noticed
>> >> > it
>> >> > seems
>> >> > to be most often when my battery is low, but it should still wake
>> >> > up.
>> >> > Somebody help our comatose Vistas!
>>
>> I have another Vista with dysfunctional insomnia. At the moment I have
>> disabled the sleep function by choosing "High Performance" Power Option,
>> which is set to never put the computer to sleep. Right now it is not
>> worth
>> the fight vs. leaving it on all the time. I do have the display set to
>> turn
>> off in 20 minutes. I will see how this feels for a couple of days.
>>
>>

i have the same problem i am trying to fix it now extremly painful to deal
with!

"CbtAbn" wrote:

> After going into sleep mode nothing will wake machine up. M/B LEDS show
> activity. Monitor stays asleep. Mouse/keyboard on and active. Auto run w/
> cd-rom also a no go. Hammer on side of case just made me feel better.
>
>

I'm having the EXACT same problem. It is hugely distressing and frustrating.
Especially being a university student wherein classes are long and battery
power is short - so having sleep mode WORKING would be useful.
I too, have the same symptoms - closing the lid puts it into sleep mode but
it will not get out of sleep mode and the only way to get the screen to light
up again is to hard boot (press down the power button) until it shuts off and
then restart it again. I'm pretty sure this isn't very good for my laptop.

"CbtAbn" wrote:

> After going into sleep mode nothing will wake machine up. M/B LEDS show
> activity. Monitor stays asleep. Mouse/keyboard on and active. Auto run w/
> cd-rom also a no go. Hammer on side of case just made me feel better.
>
>