Help - Sleep not working

[Guest]

Hi,

Just got myself a new Acer Aspire 5680 laptop that was pre-installed
with XP but Vista ready. Upgraded to Vista Ultimate (32-bit) & all
seemed fine. However I've noticed that the Sleep function doesn't
work properly when I wake it up. It takes a long time to boot up &
then goes to the 'Windows had a problem starting. Do you want to boot
up normally or in Safe mode' (or something like that) menu.

After a lot of trial & error I've narrowed it down to the Plug And
Play service. If I stop this service from running it works, if it is
running it Sleep fails. I don't want to permanently stop this service
running & have run out of ideas. Any thoughts?

Thanks for any help,

Andee

 

[Anando [MVP]]

Hello,

If I were you, I would start with looking for the latest video drivers from
my laptop manufacturer's website. Sleep/Hibernate issues mostly stem from
outdated/incompatible video drivers.

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[Guest]

Thanks for the response Anando. I've tried downloading the latest
Nvidea Vista drivers (beta) but still no joy. The interesting part is
that a mate of mine has got exactly the same laptop (he bought it the
day before I did) & it works fine on his. I originally used his
downloaded copy of the video driver when I upgraded to Vista - he
upgraded to Vista Ultimate too.

Thanks again anyway,

Andee