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resume problem on laptop

  • 12-04-2011 02:54PM
    #1
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭


    Hi.

    Up to a couple of weeks ago when I closed the lid of my laptop it would go to sleep, and when I restarted it would reload where I left off. Now, however, it seems to fail to sleep and instead powers down and when I restart I get the message that windows recovered from an unexpected shutdown so it is clearly not shutting down properly either. This seems to have started around the time of a series of updates from Windows update in March but I cannot isolate one that is causing this.

    The same issue happens when I try to make it sleep manually, the lights remain on for ages and then switch off completely. Previously the power light would flash slowly while in sleep mode.

    Has anyone experienced a similar issue?


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    make/model ?

    version of windows ?

    suspend or hibernate ?
    if suspend then windows can only resume if battery hasn't gone flat

    did you add more ram recently ?

    if all else fails - system restore


  • #3
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭mossie


    Laptop is an Msi GT725.
    Windows 7 home
    Both hibernate and sleep causing the problem. It did hibernate OK last time but first for ages. Maybe windows updates yesterday helped?
    No hardware changes made.
    Had thought of system restore but that is a last resort, really.
    Thanks.


  • #4
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Try turning off Hybrid Sleep, to check if that might be the cause of the problem, I know in my case it was. http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/turn-off-hybrid-sleep-in-windows-7/

    There are several other options for you to check there, that might help with the problem.


  • #5
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭mossie


    calex71 wrote: »
    Try turning off Hybrid Sleep, to check if that might be the cause of the problem, I know in my case it was. http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/turn-off-hybrid-sleep-in-windows-7/

    There are several other options for you to check there, that might help with the problem.

    Thanks for the suggestion however this is already turned off on my system.


  • #6
    Nonmonotonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭Nonmonotonic


    Run CHKDSK, power management issues can be caused by disk problems.


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  • #7
    Irish_Elect_Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Irish_Elect_Eng


    I had a similar issue, it was caused by the LT overheating when the lid closed.

    Perhaps the windows update changed your power management settings.


  • #8
    Nonmonotonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭Nonmonotonic


    Good one! Could well be an overheating issue.


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    mossie wrote: »
    Had thought of system restore but that is a last resort, really.
    unless it's something obvious, then system restore might be be a life saver - at least it might rule out stuff you may have forgotten or not noticed

    remember if it's a screwed up registry setting a reinstall that inherits it won't solve such a problem and besides life it too short to try to figure out stuff that falls into the "windows half life , gradually decaying to unusable" model


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