PC restarts after going to sleep

[Slinkie]

Hi Folks,

I am currently having some problems with my media centre pc. I want to be able to leave it on 24/7 so when it is not in use I want it to be able to go to sleep.

When it goes to sleep the display turns of etc but for some reason the fans still stay at the same level in the case (does this mean it isn't properly asleep?).

After about 15 mins or so I hear the beep of the pc going through it's post, meaning it has restarted without being told to. I get an error message when it has restarted in windows saying and error has occurred, you can look for a solution next time you go online but there isn't much mor detail than that.

I know there isn't a problem with the hardware etc, the cpu is slightly overlocked but not by much, it works fine during use, I only have a problem with it when it is in sleep mode.

Do you think this is a hardware issue or a software issue? I have done everything I can think of like disabling automatic updates, stopping scheduled tasks, removing processes that doen't need to be running but it still happens. Do you have any suggests as to what it might be?

FYI my spec is

Windows vista 64 home premium
amd 4200+ @ 2.5ghz (never goes above 50c)
Gigabyte board with hdmi
2gb ram
500w jeantech psu.


Thanks

Matt

 

[fobose]

Check for bios updates, they often mention fixes for sleep issues. I had to update my bios on my P35 board to get my PC to resume from sleep.

 

[Van Diemen]

Wake on LAN function needs to be switched off

 

[Slinkie]

wake on lan is disabled, I'll have a look at updating the bios but the fixes for the new bios on the website don't mention any fixes for sleep.

 

[Frozen_Texas]

gigabyte doesn't mention ALL updates in description of the bios found on their website. so try the bios upgrade.

check if when PC is not oveclocked then if it still happens or not

luck m8!