sleep and shutdown not working

Joe Macki · Jun 22, 2013

so i have just put a new motherboard in my pc and i am having weird sleep and power issues. so when i try to put it to sleep through the windows start menu it wakes up in about 30 sec again. times vary sometimes its instant and sometimes it takes up to a min. i have my sleep set to 15 min so once it goes to sleep by itsself it stays asleep, but heres the problem it will not wake up i can not even do a hard shutdown. ive held the power button for over a min and nothing. reset switch also does not work to reset while it is sleeping by its self. and ik the switches work because when its not sleeping i can reset and do a hard shutdown. so i have to either flip the power supply switch or unplug it to get it to boot again and when it boots again after the unplug it says "resuming windows" at start up instead of starting windows at start up.(seems weird to me). so that part one...

now when i go to shut it down i doesnt shut down. but goes to sleep and it wakes up with the mouse and keyboard...now i know what your thinking the sleep and power buttons are switched in the power options in the control panel. nope i have checked that so many times ive lost count. also my brother got the same mobo as me and built his pc he is having the same issues as me diffrent hardware also except for the mobo. think we should rma the mobo's
msi870a-G54(old)
asrock 990fx extreme 9(new)
1055t x6phenom2
Noctua's DH-14
g2 kingston 8gb
gigabyte hd6970 2gb
Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750M 750W

JobCreator · Jun 22, 2013

I would be certain that you've properly connected the case to the motherboard's power pins. Those can be real tricky as sometimes the case wires don't have a -/+ on them and the orientation may be different in the manual than on the board, etc. Just be sure that you've connected all the wires from the buttons on the case to the proper pins on the motherboard. That's the first thing I would check, especially if it's "waking up" after you shut it down.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

Dvaughan · Jun 22, 2013

Start by checking how much HD space you have set aside for your virtual memory or pagefile.sys. Set aside enough hard drive space to match however much RAM you have installed (so in your case 8gb). While this may be overkill, it will ensure that your hibernation/sleep problems aren't the result of not enough virtual memory.

When a computer goes into sleep mode, your open programs are essentially stored to the RAM. When the computer goes into hibernate mode, your open programs are saved onto the hard drive. This is why you would want to set your virtual memory/pagefile.sys to match the amount of RAM your computer has. It will ensure that you have sufficient space to store any open/running programs. This is a good starting point in troubleshooting your problem.

smorizio · Jun 22, 2013

Someone fell asleep on there keyboard there....
For your error have made sure the mb bios is up to date. I seen issues with keyboards and mice hold system on and waking them up from sleep.

JackScarlet · Aug 20, 2013

Try this: After about a week the Microsoft Hotfix stopped working and all the usual shutdown, sleep, boot issues returned. After a lot of messing around I tried removing my graphics card (Asus GTX660 Ti) With the card removed the problems went away, put the card back in the problems returned. Soooooo to cut a long story short, I put the Graphics Card Back in and set my Windows sound scheme to 'NO SOUNDS', the pc now shuts down, sleeps, awakens no problems. My theory is the PC shuts down and or goes into sleep mode before the Graphics card gets a chance to 'power off' leaving it in a Limbo state. It's been over a week now and the PC is still fine.

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