sleep and won't wake up

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Guest

My vista computer goes into sleep mode and will not wake up. I can type on
keys or use mouse but nothing happens, I have to end up pushing the button to
restart the computer.

Any ideas???
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]

Are your Sleep plans setup properly? My power plan is set to balanced, so on
Battery power it turns the display off after 5 mins, when plugged in after
20 mins.

The computer is put to sleep after 15 mins and 45 mins when plugged in.

I would also check to make sure your battery is fully charged.
 
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Kevin Weaver

Andre Da Costa said:
Are your Sleep plans setup properly? My power plan is set to balanced, so
on Battery power it turns the display off after 5 mins, when plugged in
after 20 mins.

The computer is put to sleep after 15 mins and 45 mins when plugged in.

I would also check to make sure your battery is fully charged.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

I have the same problem. But it's not on a laptop.

Don't worry about it. It's broke. Microsoft confirmed it. Do a Google on
Vista sleep problems with no video on wake up and you will see your not
alone. Bad thing about this Major Bug is SP-1 has yet to address the
problem. Yeah, I know It's still beta. yada yada. Not looking good for the
SP-1 yet.
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]

My laptop running Vista x64 sleeps and wakes with no problems, its also very
instant too, just press power button and all I need to do is type in my
password and I'm back to what I was doing.
 
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Kevin Weaver

Andre Da Costa said:
My laptop running Vista x64 sleeps and wakes with no problems, its also
very instant too, just press power button and all I need to do is type in
my password and I'm back to what I was doing.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

Congrats. Again, Mine is not a Laptop! and not running 64bit. But do a
search and you will see I'm not alone with this problem.
 
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Guest

I am running Home Premium 32bit on 5yo desktop, and it is fine.
Left it at defaults, 10minutes + 10 minutes, and it wakes with a mouse move
or keystroke.
 
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Marco Desloovere

Ruthann said:
My vista computer goes into sleep mode and will not wake up. I can type on
keys or use mouse but nothing happens, I have to end up pushing the button to
restart the computer.

Any ideas???

Whatever makes you so sure that "typing on keys or use of mouse" should
actually wake your computer?

When my laptop is in sleep or hibernation mode, the only way to wake it
is to press the power button. In sleep mode, opening the lid will also
wake the laptop.

Marco
 
G

Guest

Whenever mine goes into sleep, it really doesn't (at least I don't think so)
because the power button doesn't flash off and on (it used to when sleep
worked). I've left all the default settings the same. In order to turn it
on, I have to push the power button to turn it off, then on again (still the
screen stays blank), then off again, then on again. Finally, the screen says
"Cannot resume from current restoration settings." Then it ask if I want to
continue to try resuming or if I want to erase restoration data and reboot,
which is what I have to do. I tried a patch from microsoft, but it didn't
work. Any ideas?

Andrew
 
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Guest

I have the same exact problem - and mine is a laptop. I would imagine it's
the same problem only I have an extra setting for shutting the lid. I've got
all the sleep/hibernation settings set so it "should" sleep or hibernate when
the lid is closed or when I pick hibernation from the start menu. Mine too
leaves the power button solid, not blinking. It seems to be random when it
hibernates and when it doesn't. It works maybe 10% of the time. Now I'm
forced to shut it down and then it starts back up in safe mode.

I've been looking for fixes for 3 months now. I think I'm ready to go back
to my ancient desktop, at least that one worked.

Tonya
 
G

Guest

Andrew said:
Whenever mine goes into sleep, it really doesn't (at least I don't think so)
because the power button doesn't flash off and on (it used to when sleep
worked). I've left all the default settings the same. In order to turn it
on, I have to push the power button to turn it off, then on again (still the
screen stays blank), then off again, then on again. Finally, the screen says
"Cannot resume from current restoration settings." Then it ask if I want to
continue to try resuming or if I want to erase restoration data and reboot,
which is what I have to do. I tried a patch from microsoft, but it didn't
work. Any ideas?

Andrew

I am running Vista 64 bit and my problems are similar in nature. If I
select "Sleep" it will wake up BUT if it goes to "sleep" automatically, I
must hold power button down for 4 seconds if it was sleeping for 3 or 4
hours. Then power back up and it goes to my last action. I have downloaded
and installed updates as they become available
 
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twotoursvn

Your problem is like mine. The blue flash DOESNT, and keyboard presses or
mouse movement do nothing. I've tried pressing the power button to no avail.
I have to reboot and simply "resume Windows" does NOT work either. Tech
support from ACER and BEST BUY is NONexistent!
 
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Don

I have the same problem. Computer only a couple of days old and this sleep
issue started today. I'm fully up-to-date with updates. Have to unplug my
computer to get it going. I'm way too old for this kind of nonsense and I
haven't a clue what to do about it.
 
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Gatewayldy

I have read this thread and didn't see where the problem got solved.
Can someone respond if this issue has been fixed.
We have a new gateway desktop with vista ultimate and we have had this
problem from day one where neither the mouse nor the keyboard responds when
we put the computer on sleep.

Thanks
 

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