Randomly waking up to blue screen.

[Hellcat711]

Hi, apologies in advance for a question that probably has an answer I just can't find the exact problem I'm having.

So every now and then (this is rare), my desktop will wake up from sleep mode. I will come upstairs to find fans going, power light on and HDD light solid. Monitor on and no joy, nothing, monitor goes to standby with no input message. No inputs work. My only option is to hold power button and restart the sod. From here I have a 50/50 chance of blue screen - then a jam, another hard reset and everything works again (after a very long startup, maybe 3-4 mins).

This issue may also happen if I wake up my computer, switch on the monitor and forget something downstairs, come back 5 mins later to monitor on standby and situation is identical to above. Note I leave it on the windows 10 random wallpaper thing.

If anyone has info on this or how to stop this I would appreciate it.

Thanks

 

[elbert]

I would first suggest changing your power saving settings. Take it out of the equation to see if your system runs right with no sleep mod. After try just the monitor, then just the pc, and last try the HD. Once you find whats causeing the issue just set it to never sleep or update drives associated with them.

 

[Chugalug_]

Pull out the plug or switch it off when you're done with it!
Helps to avoid situations like this.
This is most likely to do with both monitor and system power saver settings, go into control panel and modify these to suit you.

 

[Hellcat711]

Thanks, my only issue is I need to be able to quickly access my pc without waiting 2-3 mins for the boot... I should get an SSD...

 

[elbert]

Yup a cheap ssd is always a great upgrade. I suggest a 275GB crucial mx300 for $69. I wouldn't suggest any more on one as Samsung has there new M.2 SSD's coming that are 10 times faster than the old SATA stuff. The 960evo can read at 3200mb but they take new motherboards with the M.2 4X PCI lane access.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156150

 

[Hellcat711]

Thanks, been looking at SSDs for the last few mins, looks like a good one. Not looking for anything particularly amazing, I'm poor so a cheaper one is perfect