What if Windows doesn't awaken from its standby or hibernate modes?
Many standby and hibernate problems can be traced to graphics boards and sound cards. A simple driver update might get hibernation working again.
Some applications can cause sleep/wake-up difficulties as well. As a test, put your PC into standby or hibernation when particular programs are running, and when they aren't. If everything works when you're not running a certain program, look for a free update, replace the app if no such update is available, or close the program before you take a break.
A BIOS update could also resolve the matter. Check your system vendor's Web site to see if one is available.
If something doesn't work immediately after your system wakes up, wait a bit and try again. Your computer could take a while to come back. If all else fails, enter the name of the hardware or software you installed most recently along with the words 'standby' or 'hibernate' in a search engine to find Web pages and Usenet discussions on potential problems.
Many standby and hibernate problems can be traced to graphics boards and sound cards. A simple driver update might get hibernation working again.
Some applications can cause sleep/wake-up difficulties as well. As a test, put your PC into standby or hibernation when particular programs are running, and when they aren't. If everything works when you're not running a certain program, look for a free update, replace the app if no such update is available, or close the program before you take a break.
A BIOS update could also resolve the matter. Check your system vendor's Web site to see if one is available.
If something doesn't work immediately after your system wakes up, wait a bit and try again. Your computer could take a while to come back. If all else fails, enter the name of the hardware or software you installed most recently along with the words 'standby' or 'hibernate' in a search engine to find Web pages and Usenet discussions on potential problems.
2 comments:
Good tips. A couple more you might want to have mentioned: Sometimes downgrading the video card to the previous version will do the trick. Virus scan software has also caused problems. I was never able to get resume to work reliably with Zonealarm's full suite. Uninstalling the software fixed the problem. I switched to NOD32 and do not have any issue.
Encountered this issue before but I had no success. The BIOS, video and motherboard drivers were all updated. =( I alway end up pressing the reset button.
I decided to disable all, especially the hibernate feature.
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