Windows 7 Sleep problems.

Joe 90 · 28-11-2009, 14:13

Not too sure whats up but basically last night I put my PC to sleep and after about half an hour the fans started up and the machine had woken itself up. I set it to sleep again and it stayed like that for the night.

Then this morning whilst I was watching the various saturday morning cooking programs it started up again. With a blinking power light and constant HDD light. The display wasn't being output and it wasn't responding to keyboard/mouse input.
I forced a shutdown by holding the power button in, powered back up and it started as though it'd just come out of sleep. Everything is still stored in memory but it did actually shutdown :/

Any ideas wtfs goin wrong?

Mark · 28-11-2009, 14:15

This morning, it was probably hibernating. You can turn that off if you don't want it to do that.

Last night, dunno. Check scheduled tasks for something that might want to wake your computer up.

Feek · 28-11-2009, 14:20

Have a look in the logs, see if there's any events there for the time it woke up.

Joe 90 · 28-11-2009, 15:23

well hibernation is dissabled, i don't have any scheduled jobs and the logs look mostly okay.
there is a problem with an error from some ATi stuff though; atikmdag :/

oh, and last night it would appear that another PC on the LAN tried to tell my PC it was master browser and they held an election.
I don't understand that, but it does amuse me.

Mark · 29-11-2009, 01:54

Well that accounts for the wakeup last night then. I thought it was only domains that did that stuff, but obviously workgroups do it too.

Joe 90 · 03-12-2009, 23:36

recently i've shutdown the system and its kept the fans spinning. power and HDD LEDs go off, but my bright blue case fans stay on :/
any ideas?

Mark · 03-12-2009, 23:39

Does your PSU have a fan channel? Did you connect the fans to it? If it does, and you did, they'll stay on for a few minutes.

My laptop has a sleep problem too (Vista). It refuses to stay asleep. Set it to go to sleep and it doesn't, tell it to go to sleep and it wakes back up a few minutes later. No idea what's going on there.

Joe 90 · 04-12-2009, 00:00

All the fans just plug into the PSUs molex connectors I think.

I bought new fans recently and they were all big 4 pin molex ones :/

Mark · 04-12-2009, 00:11

Switch off and leave for five minutes. If that doesn't help then there's a problem - most likely PSU.

Still, that'll teach you for buying bright blue fans.

Joe 90 · 04-12-2009, 00:31

lol. they were fairly cheap and highly rated :/

28-11-2009, 14:13	#1
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	Windows 7 Sleep problems. Not too sure whats up but basically last night I put my PC to sleep and after about half an hour the fans started up and the machine had woken itself up. I set it to sleep again and it stayed like that for the night. Then this morning whilst I was watching the various saturday morning cooking programs it started up again. With a blinking power light and constant HDD light. The display wasn't being output and it wasn't responding to keyboard/mouse input. I forced a shutdown by holding the power button in, powered back up and it started as though it'd just come out of sleep. Everything is still stored in memory but it did actually shutdown :/ Any ideas wtfs goin wrong? __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

28-11-2009, 14:20	#3
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Have a look in the logs, see if there's any events there for the time it woke up. __________________

28-11-2009, 15:23	#4
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	well hibernation is dissabled, i don't have any scheduled jobs and the logs look mostly okay. there is a problem with an error from some ATi stuff though; atikmdag :/ oh, and last night it would appear that another PC on the LAN tried to tell my PC it was master browser and they held an election. I don't understand that, but it does amuse me. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

03-12-2009, 23:36	#6
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	recently i've shutdown the system and its kept the fans spinning. power and HDD LEDs go off, but my bright blue case fans stay on :/ any ideas? __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

04-12-2009, 00:00	#8
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	All the fans just plug into the PSUs molex connectors I think. I bought new fans recently and they were all big 4 pin molex ones :/ __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

28-11-2009, 14:15	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	This morning, it was probably hibernating. You can turn that off if you don't want it to do that. Last night, dunno. Check scheduled tasks for something that might want to wake your computer up.

29-11-2009, 01:54	#5
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Well that accounts for the wakeup last night then. I thought it was only domains that did that stuff, but obviously workgroups do it too.

03-12-2009, 23:39	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Does your PSU have a fan channel? Did you connect the fans to it? If it does, and you did, they'll stay on for a few minutes. My laptop has a sleep problem too (Vista). It refuses to stay asleep. Set it to go to sleep and it doesn't, tell it to go to sleep and it wakes back up a few minutes later. No idea what's going on there.

04-12-2009, 00:11	#9
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Switch off and leave for five minutes. If that doesn't help then there's a problem - most likely PSU. Still, that'll teach you for buying bright blue fans.

04-12-2009, 00:31	#10
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	lol. they were fairly cheap and highly rated :/ __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

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