Vista - Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems

**Brink** · 05-15-2007

How to Troubleshoot a Vista Sleep Mode Problem and Find a Solution

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

Last edited by Brink; 04-07-2009 at 12:19 PM..

**Brink** · 06-22-2009

Calabrache,

As a test, see if this hibernation shortcut will do the same thing or not for you.

**kaworito** · 06-23-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

What does it show you in STEP FOUR as to what last woke up your system?

Hi.

Well, I get "recuento de activación - 0" (my vista is in spanish, ^^U) on the command box when I try to see the lastwake history. It basically means that nothing woke up my computer.

When I give the hibernate command the computer's screen turns black for a few seconds and then it takes me to the welcome screen.

**Brink** · 06-23-2009

Kaworito,

See if disabling and enabling to toggle hibernation through disk cleanup may reset it to work properly again for you. The hibernation file may have been corrupted.

Hibernation - Enable or Disable

**kaworito** · 06-23-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Kaworito,

See if disabling and enabling to toggle hibernation through disk cleanup may reset it to work properly again for you. The hibernation file may have been corrupted.

Hibernation - Enable or Disable

Thanks for the suggestion.
I ran the disk cleanup utility and erased the hibernation file, then re enabled it via cmd (powercfg -h on), then restarted...

and the problem is still there u_u

Agh what else do you think I could do? Thanks for your help

**Brink** · 06-24-2009

The only thing that I know of next would be a clean reinstall since you do not have any restore points and had already went through everything in the tutorial.

**kaworito** · 06-24-2009

God, I dont even think that would be an option. I don't have the vista discs...

**Brink** · 06-24-2009

If you have a OEM (ex: Dell, Gateway, etc...) type of computer, then you may have a recovery partition that you can do a factory restore with. What brand is your computer?

**kaworito** · 06-24-2009

Brink, first of all let me say I really appreciate your help

Now, I have an ASUS f3sv computer. It doesn't have a recovery partition.

I think I'm pretty much screwed, right?

**Brink** · 06-24-2009

If you go into Disk Management and do not see a D: recovery partition, then you do not have one. Do you have a set of recovery discs instead? One is usually for applications and drivers, while the other one is to reinstall Vista back to factory settings.

Usually you would press the F9 key every second immediately when the ASUS logo appears during boot to enter the recovery manager. You would want to backup anything that you do not want to loose first though.

**calabrache** · 06-25-2009

Thanks Brink for the help, unfortunately it did not change the behaviour of the hybernation. The battery was 86% when the computer was put into hybernation using the proposed shortcurt holding shutdown -h and 81% after 5 hours which means the hybernation mode is still S3 type and does not perform a full save to disk. Any suggestions ? At least it is a good opportunity to discover further your tutorial which are very helpfull. Best regards

05-15-2007
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems How to Troubleshoot a Vista Sleep Mode Problem and Find a Solution ... Click here to read the entire tutorial Last edited by Brink; 04-07-2009 at 12:19 PM..
My System Specs

06-22-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems Calabrache, As a test, see if this hibernation shortcut will do the same thing or not for you.
My System Specs

06-23-2009
kaworito Vista 32 Home premium 5 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems Quote: Originally Posted by Brink What does it show you in STEP FOUR as to what last woke up your system? Hi. Well, I get "recuento de activación - 0" (my vista is in spanish, ^^U) on the command box when I try to see the lastwake history. It basically means that nothing woke up my computer. When I give the hibernate command the computer's screen turns black for a few seconds and then it takes me to the welcome screen.
My System Specs

06-23-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems Kaworito, See if disabling and enabling to toggle hibernation through disk cleanup may reset it to work properly again for you. The hibernation file may have been corrupted. Hibernation - Enable or Disable
My System Specs

06-23-2009
kaworito Vista 32 Home premium 5 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Kaworito, See if disabling and enabling to toggle hibernation through disk cleanup may reset it to work properly again for you. The hibernation file may have been corrupted. Hibernation - Enable or Disable Thanks for the suggestion. I ran the disk cleanup utility and erased the hibernation file, then re enabled it via cmd (powercfg -h on), then restarted... and the problem is still there u_u Agh what else do you think I could do? Thanks for your help
My System Specs

06-24-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems The only thing that I know of next would be a clean reinstall since you do not have any restore points and had already went through everything in the tutorial.
My System Specs

06-25-2009
calabrache Vista 32bits Sp2 Ultimate 55 posts	Re: Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems Thanks Brink for the help, unfortunately it did not change the behaviour of the hybernation. The battery was 86% when the computer was put into hybernation using the proposed shortcurt holding shutdown -h and 81% after 5 hours which means the hybernation mode is still S3 type and does not perform a full save to disk. Any suggestions ? At least it is a good opportunity to discover further your tutorial which are very helpfull. Best regards
My System Specs

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