Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems

Happy Easter to you to Josh.

I would leave the BIOS as is for now until the sleep issue is worked out. No need to add another potential problem.

I must admit that I'm stomped to what the problem may be. I would backup everything and give a fresh reinstall with the SP1 to see how it works for you when you have time.

Shawn

Darn! I wonder if it has anything to do with when my girlfriend dropped the computer ?

Anyway, will try that in a few weeks, and let you know if it works! Its never so bad to reformat completely anyway i guess!

Take care.

Thanks for the informative tutorial, but I'm afraid I could use some further help!

Here's my problem: I've updated my BIOS and graphics drivers, and when I set the ACPI setting in the BIOS to S1, sleep works fine (but the computer doesn't shut off - the fans and such are all still going), and when I set it for S3 it goes to sleep (computer shuts off), but when I try to wake it up it just hangs - the HD LED is on steady, nothing shows up on the screens (I'm running a dual monitor set up), and in fact the screens themselves don't even go out of sleep mode (power LEDs keep flashing). I have to hard-reset the computer to get it back. The same hanging symptoms occur when the BIOS is set to S1 & S3.

Any clues as to what might be causing this?

Hi rightwinger59,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

If this is after you installed SP1, then see if this may help you:

Re: Hibernation fails after installation of SP 1 - TechNet Forums


If you have a USB mouse, then see if this may apply to you:

A Windows Vista-based computer does not resume from sleep mode if you move or click a USB mouse as the computer is entering sleep mode


Hope this helps,
Shawn

I do have SP1, but I was hoping that SP1 would fix this problem because it was doing exactly the same thing before the service pack. Unfortunately, the symptoms remain. Is this a video driver issue? nVidia hasn't come out with a new set of drivers since December, but again, this machine has been doing it since I built it.

I'm pretty sure it's not the mouse issue either, since I use the keyboard to put it to sleep and don't even touch the mouse.

Rightwinger,

If you have a USB mouse, it can cause problems like this even if it was not touched.

nVidia has a 174.74 beta driver version out for the 6,7 and 8 series that you can try to see if it is the video driver or not. You can see about it here:

http://www.vistax64.com/graphic-card...e-drivers.html


You might also consider running a Startup Repair to see if it finds anything wrong with the setup and fix it.

Startup Repair

Shawn

I'll admit my skill level is a zero. I'll probably take my computer back to Office Max and see if they can help. I have a HP laptop with vista. Last week I clicked the hibernation button just to see what it would do. Opening the lid, pressing any key does nothing. The computer just "dings". The word "Hibernation" is on the screen and the little blue circle to the left just rotates.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Scott

Hi Cholin,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Umm, I'm not sure where you changed that from the instructions above.

Check to see if you change this setting in Internet Properties, Content, Feed Settings. If so, just uncheck everything and click OK.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

NOpe, thats not it! I remember a whole list of settings options and each one was assigned to vista apart from this last one (user_feed_synchronisation) which was assigned to xp, windows 2000 and pos one other older windows system. Dont ask me why but thats what i changed to Vista.

Thanks again for your help so far!