sleep problems

[bandi]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

 

[Bob I]

You will have to figure out what software is waking it up, but could be
as simple as the mouse sensing movement.

 

[VanguardLH]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

Same happen when you start Windows in its safe mode? That eliminates a
lot of software that you installed which loads on Windows startup.

Did you configure, in the BIOS, the NIC (network) to "wake on LAN" which
means your computer wakes up when it sees any network traffic that
targets that host?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

Well, Win 7 hibernates for me.

 

[bandi]

Well, Win 7 hibernates for me.

Gene, What do you do to get Win7 to Hibernate, exactly. Of course I'm
running Win7 Home Premium, 32bit, I think. (32 something)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Gene, What do you do to get Win7 to Hibernate, exactly. Of course I'm
running Win7 Home Premium, 32bit, I think. (32 something)

Well, I usually don't hibernate, only as an experiment once or twice, so
I don't really remember how I did it, only that I did it successfully.

Basically, get to the Screen Saver panel, click on Power Settings,
choose Advanced in the resulting panel, & navigate through the settings.

There's also a way that I forgot to make Sleep incorporate hibernate,
which gives a hibernate option to Windows | Shutdown | Menu.

 

[Nil]

Gene, What do you do to get Win7 to Hibernate, exactly. Of course
I'm running Win7 Home Premium, 32bit, I think. (32 something)

<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions>

 

[G. Morgan]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

It's restless.

Open the CD tray and put 2 crushed Ambiens in there. It will
sleep better.

 

[VanguardLH]

Well, Win 7 hibernates for me.

Wonderful. Now package up your computer and ship it to the OP.

 

[Ed Cryer]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Power Options/ Change when Computer
Sleeps/ Change Advanced Power Settings/ Sleep/ untick "allow hybrid sleep"


Ed

 

[relic]

Gene, What do you do to get Win7 to Hibernate, exactly. Of course I'm
running Win7 Home Premium, 32bit, I think. (32 something)

Maybe you forgot about Windows 7 "Help and Support":

"If the hibernate option is missing, you might have hybrid sleep turned on."
More:
"On the Advanced settings tab, double-click Sleep, double-click Sleep after,
and then do one of the following:"
"If you're using a laptop, click On battery or Plugged in (or both), click
the arrow, and then click Never."
"If you're using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and
then click Never."
"Double-click Hibernate after, and then do one of the following:"
"If you're using a laptop, click On battery or Plugged in (or both), click
the arrow, and then click Never."
"If you're using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and
then click Never."

I'm sure you can find "where" that came from and read the rest of it by
yourself.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Wonderful. Now package up your computer and ship it to the OP.

To those capable of reasoning, my reply contains useful information.
Yours doesn't.

 

[VanguardLH]

To those capable of reasoning, my reply contains useful information.
Yours doesn't.

I've dealt with developers to whom I open a bug report. Yep, they also
claim it works on their host. Not the point. The customer doesn't care
(and, in the case, the customer is the OP). The developer's setup
doesn't match the customers' setups. I've found they would have an SDK
that the customer won't have.

That it works on your host gives absolutely nothing useful to the OP.
Probably works on thousands of Win7 hosts. Still nothing of use to the
OP to solve *their* problem. This isn't like asking if a site is down
and asking if anyone else can connect to it. That someone else can
connect gives the useful info that the site is up.

So just what useful information does the OP get from your reply? Uh
huh, thought so.

 

[Nil]

So just what useful information does the OP get from your reply?
Uh huh, thought so.

The original poster seemed to believe that XP could hibernate, but that
Windows 7 could not. Gene's message informed him that he was mistaken,
that Win7 *can* hibernate. This is useful information.

So just what useful information does the OP get from your reply?
Uh huh, thought so.

 

[Flint]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to
fix this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

It might also be useful to know if your PC is a desktop or laptop.
The two can utilize different power management schemes. For example,
hibernation generally is more often used on laptops, where it may not
be used as frequently on a desktop PC. This might affect a useful
recommendation that is applicable to your usage circumstance.

Although the page is in reference to the same issue on Vista, it
should be applicable to Windows 7 as well:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html

.... but you might want to start by going into the advanced power
settings, and make sure of the following: In "power settings/change
plan settings/change advanced power settings/multimedia settings/more
options", you will see "when sharing media", click the "+" to reveal
more options. Then click on the 'drop down' setting, and change it to
"allow the computer to sleep".

Also, in Windows "Device Manager", Check the properties panel/power
management tab of your PC's ethernet network device, and make sure of
the following:

"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" (CHECKED)

"Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby" (UNCHECKED)

 

[Jack]

I've dealt with developers to whom I open a bug report. Yep, they also
claim it works on their host. Not the point. The customer doesn't care
(and, in the case, the customer is the OP). The developer's setup
doesn't match the customers' setups. I've found they would have an SDK
that the customer won't have.

That it works on your host gives absolutely nothing useful to the OP.
Probably works on thousands of Win7 hosts. Still nothing of use to the
OP to solve *their* problem. This isn't like asking if a site is down
and asking if anyone else can connect to it. That someone else can
connect gives the useful info that the site is up.

So just what useful information does the OP get from your reply? Uh
huh, thought so.

Idiot. Go re-read this from the OP: "I liked XP that you could Hibernate,
but them days is gone forever, I guess."

Bloch's reply, "Well, Win 7 hibernates for me." IS informative AND helpful.

 

[bandi]

My PC sleeps for about 30 seconds then restarts. Anyone know how to fix
this? I liked XP that you could Hibernate, but them days is gone
forever, I guess.

Got my Hibernate back. Cost me $38 to talk to an "expert" at ms but
worth it I guess.

 

[VanguardLH]

The original poster seemed to believe that XP could hibernate, but that
Windows 7 could not.

Weird interpretation of "how to fix this" to mean "I don't believe
Windows 7 can hibernate". From other posts before your reply to me,
bandi said "what do you do to get Win7 to hibernate". You're just
trying to make up context.

From bandi's comments BEFORE your reply to me (and even to which YOU
replied to bandi), it certainly appears bandi expects Windows 7 to have
a hibernate function.

When a poster gives a response of "works on my computer" then I
illustrate just how flippant is that response with a like response of
"well, then send them your computer". Tit for tat.

So just what useful information does the OP get from your reply?
Uh huh, thought so.

Too lazy to bother reading the other subthreads, aren't you?

 

[Char Jackson]

Got my Hibernate back. Cost me $38 to talk to an "expert" at ms but
worth it I guess.

Do you plan to share the solution, or does the next person also have
to call MS?

 

[Char Jackson]

The original poster seemed to believe that XP could hibernate, but that
Windows 7 could not. Gene's message informed him that he was mistaken,
that Win7 *can* hibernate. This is useful information.

FWIW, I read it exactly the same as you. Well said.