The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Hibernate Won't Work with Windows 7

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Eden_Fire, Nov 4, 2009.

  1. Eden_Fire

    Eden_Fire Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I click hibernate...the screen goes black and if i wiggle the mouse it comes back as the login screen instantaneously. How can i get hibernate to do what its supposed to?
     
    Eden_Fire, Nov 4, 2009
    #1
  2. blackshard83

    blackshard83 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    43
    Messages:
    204
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You should mention your notebook model at least, and your running operating system too.

    I have exactly the same problem ATM, with a dv5-1025el and Windows 7 RC. Found no solution yet.
     
    blackshard83, Nov 5, 2009
    #2
  3. Eden_Fire

    Eden_Fire Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    HP HDX16 running Windows 7 64bit ultimate. It was working prior to me doing a fresh OS install and now its not.

    I was dual booting Vista 64 and 7 64, however I decided to trash Vista and just use 7. So i formatted my hard drive and did a fresh 7 install. Now hibernate doesnt wanna work. Is it a power driver?
     
    Eden_Fire, Nov 5, 2009
    #3
  4. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    441
    Messages:
    3,667
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I don't use hibernate, but... have you flashed in the latest BIOS? HP posted a new one for Win7 for the dv4/6/7. Might make a difference?
     
    brianstretch, Nov 6, 2009
    #4
  5. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

    Reputations:
    2,637
    Messages:
    6,370
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Funny, this is exactly how hibernate works on my desktop.
     
    surfasb, Nov 6, 2009
    #5
  6. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    801
    Messages:
    3,881
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    not just bios, but all of your device drivers need to be up to date. Having bad/stupid drivers that do not work well with hibernation are a prime suspect in problems like this.

    And have you overridden any power saving settings in device properties?

    Out of the box, hibernate and sleep work just fine.
     
    newsposter, Nov 6, 2009
    #6
  7. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

    Reputations:
    2,637
    Messages:
    6,370
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Well, it's a relatively new computer. Make sure you have enough space on the boot partition. And make sure hibernation is not disabled (obvious, but you never know.)
     
    surfasb, Nov 6, 2009
    #7
  8. finestree

    finestree Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    124
    Messages:
    452
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Are your video drivers up to date? Hibernate depends a lot on the latest video drivers.
     
    finestree, Nov 6, 2009
    #8
  9. Eden_Fire

    Eden_Fire Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I did flash over the new bios update. Im gonna go through HP's website and download all the drivers over again to make sure i didn't forget something :)
     
    Eden_Fire, Nov 7, 2009
    #9