Vista - Can't get Vista to wake up

I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have not
been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down like
the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as well
as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only solution
is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and unhealthy
thing to do computer wise). Any help?

Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000 round
cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
"Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
>I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have not
> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down
> like
> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as
> well
> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
> solution
> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
> unhealthy
> thing to do computer wise). Any help?

You have an nvidia gpu in you system, right?
<.> wrote in message news:OVQGSo7aHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000 round
> cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
> happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
> "Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
>>I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have
>>not
>> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down
>> like
>> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as
>> well
>> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
>> solution
>> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
>> unhealthy
>> thing to do computer wise). Any help?
>

I have no idea, unfortunately. The computer is my grandpa's.

"mlai" wrote:

> You have an nvidia gpu in you system, right?
> <.> wrote in message news:OVQGSo7aHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000 round
> > cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
> > happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
> > "Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
> >>I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have
> >>not
> >> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down
> >> like
> >> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as
> >> well
> >> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
> >> solution
> >> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
> >> unhealthy
> >> thing to do computer wise). Any help?
> >
>

Rather than pulling a plug, can't you just hold in the power button for
a few seconds until the computer switches off?

Michelle wrote:
> I have no idea, unfortunately. The computer is my grandpa's.
>
> "mlai" wrote:
>
>> You have an nvidia gpu in you system, right?
>> <.> wrote in message news:OVQGSo7aHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000 round
>>> cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
>>> happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
>>> "Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
>>>> I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have
>>>> not
>>>> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down
>>>> like
>>>> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as
>>>> well
>>>> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
>>>> solution
>>>> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
>>>> unhealthy
>>>> thing to do computer wise). Any help?

That was the first thing I tried, but with no luck (held it for a good 30
seconds too) I use a Mac G5 at work and holding the power button is how
you do a hard reboot, but it'll power down after about 5 seconds.

"Daze N. Knights" wrote:

> Rather than pulling a plug, can't you just hold in the power button for
> a few seconds until the computer switches off?
>
> Michelle wrote:
> > I have no idea, unfortunately. The computer is my grandpa's.
> >
> > "mlai" wrote:
> >
> >> You have an nvidia gpu in you system, right?
> >> <.> wrote in message news:OVQGSo7aHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>> Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000 round
> >>> cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
> >>> happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
> >>> "Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
> >>>> I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have
> >>>> not
> >>>> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down
> >>>> like
> >>>> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as
> >>>> well
> >>>> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
> >>>> solution
> >>>> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
> >>>> unhealthy
> >>>> thing to do computer wise). Any help?
>

Try hitting the windows key, u, and then hit enter. If that doesn'd do
anything hit Alt-F4 a few times. That was the only way I could shut down my
laptop when I tried getting it to un-hibernate.

"Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5BF9D684-8BD3-49C7-AE03-71609D9B39FC@microsoft.com...
> That was the first thing I tried, but with no luck (held it for a good 30
> seconds too) I use a Mac G5 at work and holding the power button is
> how
> you do a hard reboot, but it'll power down after about 5 seconds.
>
> "Daze N. Knights" wrote:
>
>> Rather than pulling a plug, can't you just hold in the power button for
>> a few seconds until the computer switches off?
>>
>> Michelle wrote:
>> > I have no idea, unfortunately. The computer is my grandpa's.
>> >
>> > "mlai" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You have an nvidia gpu in you system, right?
>> >> <.> wrote in message news:OVQGSo7aHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >>> Turning the power off is playing russian roulette. But it is a 1000
>> >>> round
>> >>> cylinder though on any particular time the chances of something bad
>> >>> happening is very small. And in your case you have no choice.
>> >>> "Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:B06751CC-C53B-403E-81AD-C2602201AC41@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then
>> >>>> have
>> >>>> not
>> >>>> been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut
>> >>>> down
>> >>>> like
>> >>>> the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse
>> >>>> as
>> >>>> well
>> >>>> as holding down the power button with no luck, and it seems the only
>> >>>> solution
>> >>>> is to just unplug it from the wall (which I know is a dangerous and
>> >>>> unhealthy
>> >>>> thing to do computer wise). Any help?
>>