Problems with sleep

[Guest]

To make Windows go to sleep mode correctly I have to disable the option to
wake up the system with the keyboard, otherwise it goes to sleep mode but
suddenly restarts. Also, after restoring from sleep mode, network
connectivity doesn't work and using Network diagnosis I have to restore LAN
settings

 

[dean-dean]

You might want to check out this setting.

Go to Control Panel\Power Options, and under your chosen Plan, on the
right-side of the window, choose "Change plan settings".

On the new Edit Plan Settings window, click on "Change advanced power
settings". A new dialog will pop up. Expand the "Multimedia settings"
entry, and then expand the "When sharing media" entry. Change it to "Allow
the computer to sleep" (Apply, OK).

 

[Guest]

You might want to check out this setting.

Go to Control Panel\Power Options, and under your chosen Plan, on the
right-side of the window, choose "Change plan settings".

On the new Edit Plan Settings window, click on "Change advanced power
settings". A new dialog will pop up. Expand the "Multimedia settings"
entry, and then expand the "When sharing media" entry. Change it to "Allow
the computer to sleep" (Apply, OK).

Thanks for that suggestion, it solved my problem with getting the pc to sleep.

 

[dean-dean]

Thanks for reporting this. I had to dig to find that one myself, to get my
computer to sleep. I'm glad to hear things are working for you.

 

[Guest]

sorry, but that didn't work for me...

 

[dean-dean]

Try this.

Open Command Prompt and type

powercfg -a

Press Enter on your keyboard. This reports the available sleep states on
your system, and attempts to report why sleep states are unavailable.

Another consideration is to update your display adapter driver, if that's
possible.

 

[Guest]

Using powercfg -a I get:
"Nel sistema in uso sono disponibili gli stati di sospensione seguenti:
Standby (
S1 S3 ) Ibernazione Sospensione ibrida
Gli stati di sospensione seguenti non sono disponibili nel sistema in uso:
Standby (S2)
Il firmware del sistema non supporta lo stato di standby."

Which is more or less: "S1 and S3 are available. S2 is not available because
sistem firmware doesn't support standby state"

I have the latest BIOS and latest video adapter drivers

 

[Guest]

I am getting this same problem only with hibernation mode. I think it might
be due to media center waking it up in the middle of the night.

 

[Guest]

I'm going to revive this thread because I'm having sleep issues myself. My
problem is that if I placee my system to sleep via the start menu, everything
works normally. The system sleeps, and later I'm able to wake it up. If I
set the power options to place the system to sleep after so many minutes of
inactivity, however, I'm unable to wake it up. I'm not at my machine at the
moment, so I'm not able to check anything, but I'm looking for different
ideas of what may be causing this.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Guest]

I'm going to revive this thread because I'm having sleep issues myself. My
problem is that if I placee my system to sleep via the start menu, everything
works normally. The system sleeps, and later I'm able to wake it up. If I
set the power options to place the system to sleep after so many minutes of
inactivity, however, I'm unable to wake it up. I'm not at my machine at the
moment, so I'm not able to check anything, but I'm looking for different
ideas of what may be causing this.

Thanks,
Chris

Same here, it's driving me nuts. I can't use sleep because it wakes up
immediately and also breaks the internet connection. I'm running the 64 bit
version (Premium) I've downloaded all the available hotfixes, latest device
drivers and latest motherboard bios. I have my mouse set to not wake the
system. After I try the sleep function it wakes immediately, but if I try it
again, the system just won't wake up and I have to reset it. Extremely
frustrating.

 

[Guest]

I initally had sleep problems as well, however I've partially solved them.
After talking with my PC support desk they suggested I update my network
drivers. The network can wake a PC out of the sleep mode if any type of
communications is preceived. Doing this got me from always locking up upon
wakeup to working correctly most of the time.

The other thing I've found out is that it will wake up if it goes into a
power save sleep from a logged in user ID. I have 4 user ID's defined and
sometimes I will log out of my ID and leave it in the state waiting for a
user to login. If it goes into a power save sleep from this state it still
locks up. I have to shut down and reboot. When it comes up it indicates it
is "resuming windows" instead of a full power up sequence.

 

[Guest]

My problem is with the connection being broken after returning from
hibernation. My private network is using NAT, so the network configuration on
the computer is stored in the alternate configuration, this way I can still
use DHCP in other wireless networks. But when the computer returns from
hibernation its trying to connect via DHCP for like 10 minutes before it
decides to us the Alternate Configuration. This was never a problem with
WinXP, and I'm sure there are more people out there using NAT and DHCP. If
DHCP is not available isn't it suppose to attempt to use the Alternate
Configuration much quicker than the response that I am getting? if anyone
shed some light on this, or at least test it themselves, I would appreciate
it.

 

[Guest]

My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is wakened,
I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet. If I
don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and under
Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried doing the
power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option suggested.
I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it means or
what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart the whole
system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The only
thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either it
doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if it's
plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually kill the
battery life. Please help...

 

[Barb Bowman]

Is http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/933872/en-us your
problem?

In addition, be sure you have the latest firmware for your router
and driver for your network card.

My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is wakened,
I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet. If I
don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and under
Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried doing the
power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option suggested.
I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it means or
what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart the whole
system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The only
thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either it
doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if it's
plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually kill the
battery life. Please help...

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Barb Bowman]

also, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649 which seems to be
fixing lots of misc. problems.

My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is wakened,
I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet. If I
don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and under
Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried doing the
power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option suggested.
I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it means or
what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart the whole
system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The only
thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either it
doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if it's
plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually kill the
battery life. Please help...

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Stanor]

Stanor - I have a worse problem with the sleep mode. The computer puts itself
into sleep mode if I don't touch it for about 30 seconds, and then it is
almost impossible to get it to come out of sleep mode whatever I do. Even
booting up the computer again doesn't always solve the problem. Any
suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

 

[Barb Bowman]

what do you mean "booting up the computer again doesn't always solve
the problem"? what exactly happens? what do you see? what errors are
in the event log? what kind of computer? what video card and do you
have the latest drivers for it? do you have all the updates from
Windows Update?

Stanor - I have a worse problem with the sleep mode. The computer puts itself
into sleep mode if I don't touch it for about 30 seconds, and then it is
almost impossible to get it to come out of sleep mode whatever I do. Even
booting up the computer again doesn't always solve the problem. Any
suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Stanor]

What happens when I boot up the computer again it automatically goes into
sleep mode while it is booting up. I just then have a blank screen. My
computer is a Dell ACPI x86-based PC with the Vista Home Premium with an
Inspiron 530 hard drive. As far as I know I have all the updates from Windows
Update - this is a brand new computer, about 3 months old

 

[Wandering]

If the machine is giving up during boot up, it is most likely a driver
problem. It is time to do a system restore with that disk you made when you
first got it or was supplied with it. As the previous poster advised, it is
probably a video driver that was installed as an update. If you can get the
machine to boot, do a system restore to a restore point before that update.
If it won't start windows, you'll probably have to do a Windows restore for
the disks above. Good luck.

 

[Qtip29]

Dean-Dean, I had to do some searching. My Vista windows must be set up a bit
differently. My system finally goes to sleep mode whereas previously onlt
the monitor shut down.
Thank you!