problem coming out of sleep mode

BrokenHalo83 · May 12th, 2008

Anytime I try to turn my computer on from sleep mode, it never works. Everything lights up, and my video card fan spins really fast and makes lots of noise, but that's about all it does. I dont get any video on the screen and it will do this until I push the reset button. Any ideas as to why it's doing this? TIA

**drew and not u** · May 13th, 2008

I've often had the same problem over the yeas on various systems. Do you know which sleep mode your computer is going into (S1, S2, S3, etc?) Often times this is an option you can set in the BIOS. If your computer is going into one of the deeper modes(like S3 or S4), you may want to change it to a more shallow mode (S1 or S2).

Personally I just set it to turn the screens off after 5 minutes, which isn't very energy conscious, but is much less glitchy.

This short article may be of interest to you.

BrokenHalo83 · May 13th, 2008

Yea, it enters S3. I'll try to change it in the bios and see how that goes

May 12th, 2008	#1
BrokenHalo83 Got Boost? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 235	problem coming out of sleep mode Anytime I try to turn my computer on from sleep mode, it never works. Everything lights up, and my video card fan spins really fast and makes lots of noise, but that's about all it does. I dont get any video on the screen and it will do this until I push the reset button. Any ideas as to why it's doing this? TIA Phenom 9950 Asus M3A78-CM 4GB Crucial Ballistix EVGA Akimbo 8800GT - 1024MB Seagate 500GB Antec 900 Case Antec Earthwatts 500w Vista Home Premium w/ SP1 Logitech z-5300e 5.1

May 13th, 2008	#2
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 1,991	Re: problem coming out of sleep mode I've often had the same problem over the yeas on various systems. Do you know which sleep mode your computer is going into (S1, S2, S3, etc?) Often times this is an option you can set in the BIOS. If your computer is going into one of the deeper modes(like S3 or S4), you may want to change it to a more shallow mode (S1 or S2). Personally I just set it to turn the screens off after 5 minutes, which isn't very energy conscious, but is much less glitchy. This short article may be of interest to you.

May 13th, 2008	#3
BrokenHalo83 Got Boost? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 235	Re: problem coming out of sleep mode Yea, it enters S3. I'll try to change it in the bios and see how that goes Phenom 9950 Asus M3A78-CM 4GB Crucial Ballistix EVGA Akimbo 8800GT - 1024MB Seagate 500GB Antec 900 Case Antec Earthwatts 500w Vista Home Premium w/ SP1 Logitech z-5300e 5.1

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