Sleep and Hibernate aren't working

[Guest]

For some reason if I select Sleep or Hibernate, the system apprears to be
acting right, the screen goes into power saving mode, but suddenly it
launches Vista again (in Sleep - it just goes back to the logon scrren,
Hibernate - reboots and ends up in the logon screen).
I have a pretty powerful computer, with updated drivers. I heard it must be
related to the motherboard, but the drivers are updated and I have nothing
else to try.
My system:
Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)
2GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS
Motherboard: Gigabyte 965P-DS3

I would appreciate your help in solving this annoying problem. I hate to
turn off my pc every time...
Thank you!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Restart your computer, then download and install the
following updates:

An update is available that improves the compatibility
and reliability of Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194

An update is available that improves the performance
and reliability of Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938979

Also see:

Hasta la Vista, Nvidia
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=276

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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For some reason if I select Sleep or Hibernate, the system apprears to be
acting right, the screen goes into power saving mode, but suddenly it
launches Vista again (in Sleep - it just goes back to the logon scrren,
Hibernate - reboots and ends up in the logon screen).
I have a pretty powerful computer, with updated drivers. I heard it must be
related to the motherboard, but the drivers are updated and I have nothing
else to try.
My system:
Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)
2GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS
Motherboard: Gigabyte 965P-DS3

I would appreciate your help in solving this annoying problem. I hate to
turn off my pc every time...
Thank you!

 

[Guest]

I now have a serious problem with my computer since I used the guide! I
changed in the BIOS from S1 to S3, and when I tried to go to sleep mode the
computer won't wake up!!
Please help, how do I make it to wake again?? Shutting down doesn't help,
the keyboard and mouse aren't responding and the restart button is non
responsive.

Please help!

 

[Guest]

Now my pc is working, but the guide wasn't helpful. Thanks anyhow.

 

[Marco Desloovere]

I now have a serious problem with my computer since I used the guide! I
changed in the BIOS from S1 to S3, and when I tried to go to sleep mode the
computer won't wake up!!
Please help, how do I make it to wake again?? Shutting down doesn't help,
the keyboard and mouse aren't responding and the restart button is non
responsive.

Please help!

Do not mess around in the BIOS unless you know *exactly* what you're
doing.

Undo your changes in the BIOS.

For your first problem, find inspiration here:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/335c6a5d-0304-4af1-b135-6bf6c124dc111033.mspx

....and in this thread:

Marco

 

[Guest]

Doing so didn't solve the problem. I had to manually unplug the power, and
then replug. Only then it resumed to Windows. Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tips, but that didn't sort out the problem.
The Nvidia article seems irrelevant since the symptoms described do not fit
my case.

Hoping for other ideas...

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately that didn't solve the problem.

Do not mess around in the BIOS unless you know *exactly* what you're
doing.

Undo your changes in the BIOS.

For your first problem, find inspiration here:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/335c6a5d-0304-4af1-b135-6bf6c124dc111033.mspx

....and in this thread:

Marco

 

[Marco Desloovere]

Unfortunately that didn't solve the problem.

Using the command prompt window, what are the results of
"powercfg -lastwake" and "powercfg -devicequery wake_armed"?

Marco

 

[Guest]

Sorry for the wrong information, one of the updates you posted did solve the
problem (the larger one) - so thank you very much!

 

[Guest]

Here's something odd I noticed:
While the ..8979 update solved the problem, the other one (8194) reversed
it. I had to uninstall that update to make the sleep mode work properly.
Maybe you should look into that...

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. Computer will dim and appear to go to sleep but the
power button or mouse will do nothing. I have to turn it off and restart and
always get a message that the computer wasn't shut down right last time. Need
all the help I can get.

 

[Marco Desloovere]

I have the same problem. Computer will dim and appear to go to sleep but the
power button or mouse will do nothing. I have to turn it off and restart and
always get a message that the computer wasn't shut down right last time. Need
all the help I can get.

This sounds more like a BSOD.
Have a look in C:\Windows\Minidump whether there are any .dmp files.
If there are any of those files, analyze them with the debugging tools
for Windows. See my post:

Marco