Vista - Problems with sleep in Vista

I have a computer that will go into sleep, but if left in sleep long
enough ( a few minutes) it will not come out of sleep, either with the
keyboard, mouse, or power button. It necessitates a power shut off
(pull the plug) and then reboot, with the expected windows diod not
shut down properly messages.

The Motherboard is an Asus P5W64 WS Pro

The CPU is a Q6600

There are 2 graphics cards a BFG 8800 GTX, and a PNY Quadro FX4600

Both have the latest drivers from NVIDIA installed (June 1 and June 5)

There is 2G of RAM

The computer was burning out the RAM when getting out of sleep (with
the overclock on the RAM settings enabled - as per the RAM
manufacturer specs OCZ). I am now running the RAM at PC2-6400 with all
the default settings)

I have an RMA motherboard - and this one is doing the same thing that
the previous was with respect to the sleep (so I don't think it is a
motherboard issue)

I have another computer with a BFX8600 series graphics card (single
card), same motherboard, same RAM, and that one has no problems with
the sleep funtion.

Any ideas out there?

<salasidis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I have a computer that will go into sleep, but if left in sleep long
> enough ( a few minutes) it will not come out of sleep, either with the
> keyboard, mouse, or power button. It necessitates a power shut off
> (pull the plug) and then reboot, with the expected windows diod not
> shut down properly messages.
>
> The Motherboard is an Asus P5W64 WS Pro
>
> The CPU is a Q6600
>
> There are 2 graphics cards a BFG 8800 GTX, and a PNY Quadro FX4600
>
> Both have the latest drivers from NVIDIA installed (June 1 and June 5)
>
> There is 2G of RAM
>
> The computer was burning out the RAM when getting out of sleep (with
> the overclock on the RAM settings enabled - as per the RAM
> manufacturer specs OCZ). I am now running the RAM at PC2-6400 with all
> the default settings)
>
> I have an RMA motherboard - and this one is doing the same thing that
> the previous was with respect to the sleep (so I don't think it is a
> motherboard issue)
>
> I have another computer with a BFX8600 series graphics card (single
> card), same motherboard, same RAM, and that one has no problems with
> the sleep funtion.
>
> Any ideas out there?
>

I had problems with Vista sleep functions on my desktop HP Pavilion. I had
tried all sorts of combinations of sleep/power settings with no luck. Sleep
had been working until about three weeks after I bought the machine. I
narrowed the problem to actions I had taken on a specific date, where I had
tried to install an old scanner which did not install properly. I
uninstalled everything, but there was an artifact left over in the msconfig
Startup Items list. Although there was no apparent direct connection
between the artifact and sleep, sleep began working after I removed the
artifact from msconfig. So, perhaps a place for you to start is to ask
whether sleep has *ever* worked on your computer? You can learn about your
sleep history in Event Viewer/Windows Logs/System. Within this display, you
can search for events with the Find command, and look for events that have
the words Power or Sleep. This may help you pin down when or if your system
has had events associated with sleep. I am sorry that this description is a
little vague, but that is all I can tell you based on my experience. Hope
it helps!

Microsoft is currently working on a hotfix for Vista sleep problems. You
can get it now throught Microsoft (with their permission??) but they suggest
to wait until it appears
in a future update (they are still working on it).



"John Hanley" <jphanley@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>
> <salasidis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1183669125.131340.241810@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>I have a computer that will go into sleep, but if left in sleep long
>> enough ( a few minutes) it will not come out of sleep, either with the
>> keyboard, mouse, or power button. It necessitates a power shut off
>> (pull the plug) and then reboot, with the expected windows diod not
>> shut down properly messages.
>>
>> The Motherboard is an Asus P5W64 WS Pro
>>
>> The CPU is a Q6600
>>
>> There are 2 graphics cards a BFG 8800 GTX, and a PNY Quadro FX4600
>>
>> Both have the latest drivers from NVIDIA installed (June 1 and June 5)
>>
>> There is 2G of RAM
>>
>> The computer was burning out the RAM when getting out of sleep (with
>> the overclock on the RAM settings enabled - as per the RAM
>> manufacturer specs OCZ). I am now running the RAM at PC2-6400 with all
>> the default settings)
>>
>> I have an RMA motherboard - and this one is doing the same thing that
>> the previous was with respect to the sleep (so I don't think it is a
>> motherboard issue)
>>
>> I have another computer with a BFX8600 series graphics card (single
>> card), same motherboard, same RAM, and that one has no problems with
>> the sleep funtion.
>>
>> Any ideas out there?
>>
>
> I had problems with Vista sleep functions on my desktop HP Pavilion. I
> had tried all sorts of combinations of sleep/power settings with no luck.
> Sleep had been working until about three weeks after I bought the machine.
> I narrowed the problem to actions I had taken on a specific date, where I
> had tried to install an old scanner which did not install properly. I
> uninstalled everything, but there was an artifact left over in the
> msconfig Startup Items list. Although there was no apparent direct
> connection between the artifact and sleep, sleep began working after I
> removed the artifact from msconfig. So, perhaps a place for you to start
> is to ask whether sleep has *ever* worked on your computer? You can learn
> about your sleep history in Event Viewer/Windows Logs/System. Within this
> display, you can search for events with the Find command, and look for
> events that have the words Power or Sleep. This may help you pin down
> when or if your system has had events associated with sleep. I am sorry
> that this description is a little vague, but that is all I can tell you
> based on my experience. Hope it helps!
>

The only Nvidia driver I could get my 8800gtx & P5W DH Deluxe to come back
from sleep with is the Beta 158.45.

All is well w/this driver

Brasco




"Mike Seid" wrote:

> Microsoft is currently working on a hotfix for Vista sleep problems. You
> can get it now throught Microsoft (with their permission??) but they suggest
> to wait until it appears
> in a future update (they are still working on it).
>
>
>
> "John Hanley" <jphanley@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:O54%23go1vHHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >
> > <salasidis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:1183669125.131340.241810@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> >>I have a computer that will go into sleep, but if left in sleep long
> >> enough ( a few minutes) it will not come out of sleep, either with the
> >> keyboard, mouse, or power button. It necessitates a power shut off
> >> (pull the plug) and then reboot, with the expected windows diod not
> >> shut down properly messages.
> >>
> >> The Motherboard is an Asus P5W64 WS Pro
> >>
> >> The CPU is a Q6600
> >>
> >> There are 2 graphics cards a BFG 8800 GTX, and a PNY Quadro FX4600
> >>
> >> Both have the latest drivers from NVIDIA installed (June 1 and June 5)
> >>
> >> There is 2G of RAM
> >>
> >> The computer was burning out the RAM when getting out of sleep (with
> >> the overclock on the RAM settings enabled - as per the RAM
> >> manufacturer specs OCZ). I am now running the RAM at PC2-6400 with all
> >> the default settings)
> >>
> >> I have an RMA motherboard - and this one is doing the same thing that
> >> the previous was with respect to the sleep (so I don't think it is a
> >> motherboard issue)
> >>
> >> I have another computer with a BFX8600 series graphics card (single
> >> card), same motherboard, same RAM, and that one has no problems with
> >> the sleep funtion.
> >>
> >> Any ideas out there?
> >>
> >
> > I had problems with Vista sleep functions on my desktop HP Pavilion. I
> > had tried all sorts of combinations of sleep/power settings with no luck.
> > Sleep had been working until about three weeks after I bought the machine.
> > I narrowed the problem to actions I had taken on a specific date, where I
> > had tried to install an old scanner which did not install properly. I
> > uninstalled everything, but there was an artifact left over in the
> > msconfig Startup Items list. Although there was no apparent direct
> > connection between the artifact and sleep, sleep began working after I
> > removed the artifact from msconfig. So, perhaps a place for you to start
> > is to ask whether sleep has *ever* worked on your computer? You can learn
> > about your sleep history in Event Viewer/Windows Logs/System. Within this
> > display, you can search for events with the Find command, and look for
> > events that have the words Power or Sleep. This may help you pin down
> > when or if your system has had events associated with sleep. I am sorry
> > that this description is a little vague, but that is all I can tell you
> > based on my experience. Hope it helps!
> >
>
>

On Jul 5, 4:30 pm, DBRASCO <DBRA...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> The only Nvidia driver I could get my 8800gtx & P5W DH Deluxe to come back
> fromsleepwith is the Beta 158.45.
>
> All is well w/this driver

Nope, not here. The 158.45 allows my 8800 gts to wake up from sleep
immediately as opposed to the WHQL one which dies every time. However,
several hours of standby still cause the system to freeze upon resume.
BTW this is with an Asus P5N-E SLI and 2GB RAM as well (not
overclocked).