Windows 7 Sleep mode issue

Jay7X · 23 Mar 2011 at 01:27

Hi, Wondering if anyone can help, My computer doesnt "sleep" correctly as it has in the past.

Now when my computer sleeps, I get an error somewhere just before it shutting down, it wont load what was previously open(normally just firefox/vlc), and when I try to turn on the pc again I have the option to open windows in safe mode/start windows normally.

Not sure what to do, I tried resetting everything to their defaults, tried googling for any fixes but no one seems to have the same problem as me.

Cheers.

ajf · 23 Mar 2011 at 02:14

Is there any visible warning of any errors?
Sounds like the sleep files are corrupting maybe. Perhaps try scanning the disk for any errors and also check free space available.
Also perhaps swap round memory modules if you have more than one.
Any other change to system recently?

Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge of sleep issues will post as I rarely use it.

Andrew

byteagig · 23 Mar 2011 at 22:51

windows 7 sp1 caused this to happen to my pc. it went back to normal after i uninstalled it

SiriusB · 23 Mar 2011 at 23:04

From an elevated command prompt enter the following:

Code:

powercfg -energy -output 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\energy.htm'

changing the path to suit.

After 60 seconds of tracing it will generate the file given in the path. Open it up and take a nosey at the errors.

There will be a list of warnings too, but generally they can be ignored. Errors will prevent sleep working properly.