Sleep Mode/Hibernate Problem

I often hit the "Fn Zz" to put my computer in sleep mode. Many times when I wait for a while and return I cant get the computer back up and running .

The same thing happened on my other older IBM laptop as wel . .BTWl

Any advice out there?

 

I really have no idea what's happening to your computer, but do you mean that the mouse won't wake it up? I always just hit the spacebar to bring it out of sleep mode.

I will say that I can't get my z63 to come out of hibernate mode at all. I recommend disabling it by going into the Power Options control panel > hibernate tab

 

To get out of hibernate mode you have to push the power button.

If you already knew that, then I will shutup now

Yeah hibernation mode seems to cause a lot of problems for people. I don't like it. I just stick with standby and turn off hibernate in the power settings.

Cheers,
Mike

 

Not sure about the Z70Va...but for the Z63A, I know that some computers have problems if a certain BIOS option is enabled.

BigV, go into your BIOS and go to the CPU Configuration page. Make sure "Execute Disable Function" is DISABLED. Your sleep/standby function should be working properly.

 

I always use hibernation. I had the problem with Execute Disable (this may have been fixed in the more recent BIOS). The original network driver also caused problem with hibernation and I uninstalled the Asus auto-update which I suspected might be interfering with resume.

Asus is more efficient at posting updates for the W3A than for the Z63A, but the W3A updates work fine for the Z63A - even the BIOS (and you then get an Asus logo on the screen when the computer boots).

John

 

I just close the lid and it will hibernate automatically. To turn it back on, i justhit the arrow key and it will turn right back up to usable screen in 3 sec.

 

do you mean suspend to RAM or suspend to disk? I'm just wondering, since the default for when you close the lid is suspend-to-RAM

EDIT Re: Hibernation: I checked the BIOS for the Execute Disable, and it's off. It will power on, go through POST, and the "resuming windows" little progress bar, and then dump me to a black screen.

 

This is a problem many people have had and it is due to the netowrk driver. Install the latest one from the ASUS site and no other and it should work fine.

 

Styopa -
When it does this, are the fans blowing like crazy?

Will someone tell me how to access BIOS in z70va please?

 

Could you be more specific about the network driver? I see one on the asus site, a Lan driver, but thats for win2k

Thanks

 

My comp is not an Asus, but I cannot wake my comp out of standby with external USB disk attached. It works well without it. Hibernate also works perfectly.

Cheers,