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    G73JW won't resume after hibernate

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by rford, Aug 19, 2011.

  1. rford

    rford Newbie

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    The laptop will not power back on after a hibernate. When i press the power key, the blue lights come on for about 2 sec. then power back off. Windows does not resume; display is blank. Have BIOS v 205, win7x64 and no external devices connected except a logitech USB wireless mouse. System powers on fine after shutdown or sleep but not hibernate. Have tried AC only, battery only, Battery and AC.

    :mad:
     
    rford, Aug 19, 2011
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    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    This is common.

    Take the AC Adaptor out.
    Take the Battery out.
    Hold the Power button for 10 seconds and then leave it for 10 seconds.
    Put the Battery back in.
    Put the AC Adaptor back in.
    Fire it up.

    Stay away from Hibernation its a waste of space. I use sleep and it works fine.
     
    Yiddo, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. rford

    rford Newbie

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    Tried that, per Asus tech spt. You mean this PC doesn't support hibernate?
     
    rford, Aug 19, 2011
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    So it will not turn on at all now? Or it just wont turn on when you put it in hibernation?

    Hibernation works perfectly fine. Its just total and utter crap. Stick with Sleep. ;)
     
    Yiddo, Aug 19, 2011
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  5. JOSEA

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    Agree with dallers, Hibernate did not seem to work consistently for me in the past, so I too use sleep. HAve you tried w/o the mouse attached?
    It should work though and sometimes did for me. Are you using the factory image or a clean install of windows 7?
     
    JOSEA, Aug 19, 2011
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    Hibernate works for me just fine. You may want to disable it, then enable it to wipe the hibernate file and recreate it.
     
    Chastity, Aug 21, 2011
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    Just when I hibernate. Sleep and Shutdown work fine.
     
    rford, Aug 22, 2011
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    Daverish Notebook Consultant

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    rford, can you please check if UEFI support is enabled in the bios?

    If it is, disable it and try hibernate again after recreating the hibernate file. The hibernate file will be on the root of your windows working path; likely, C:\hiberfil.sys and should be the same size as the installed ram on your computer.

    To recreate, simply turn it off and on. Enter a command-line with admin privileges. Hold winkey+r and type cmd, hit enter. In the window, type "powercfg -h off" and afterwards "powercfg -h on" and it'll be recreated.

    If the computer refuses to boot, simply, re-enable UEFI mode.


    Just an odd idea. I had issues with a hot reboots when running in uefi mode and the occasional powering on where I had to attempt to power on my notebook 2-3 times straight. Eventually I gave up on it.
     
    Daverish, Aug 22, 2011
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