KB974476 not installing on X200T

Hey everybody
I have been experiencing problems with the sleep and hibernate functions, running Win 7 x64 on a X200T. Quite frequently, the system hangs/freezes upon going to sleep or coming out of sleep. At first I thought it was only a hibernate problem, so I disabled hibernate. I also thought it was due to an issue with the USB "selective suspend" function, but disabling that has not solved the issue either.
There appears to be a hotfix (KB974476) but it does not install properly. (I get a message saying that "The update is not applicable to your computer", although it should be according to the hotfix details: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-74338.html)
This is a pretty frustrating bug.
Has anybody else experienced these problems? Any solutions?

 

I'm having the same problem with Win7 x64 on an x200s. I've tried everything to fix it to no avail.

And yes, same issue for me with that hotfix. Although I'm not convinced it'll solve the problem anyway, given that I run into the lockup on resume even with USB selective suspend disabled.

 

i'm sure microsoft knows better about windows than lenovo. if the message says it's not applicable, then it isn't. it IS, afterall, a windows hotfix, not a lenovo hotfix

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974476

it might well be because you already installed it via windows update.

 

I came across an interesting function that might help solve this issue:
http://lifehacker.com/5260396/hidden-windows-7-tool-troubleshoots-sleep-mode-problems

For me, it does indeed look like USB suspend could be the culprit. Otherwise, the SmartAudio driver is another top suspect. (I've posted previously that I have been having problems with SmartAudio)
Unfortunately, I am not sure what to do with this new found information!

 

I think I solved my issue tonight. The latest release of VMware 7 seemed to be the culprit.

 

Glad to hear that you've had more luck solving this issue!

 

Take a look at anything you have installed which interfaces directly with the hardware. I figured this out by installing Win7 on another drive and testing suspend without anything installed or patch, which helped me verify it wasn't a hardware issue.

 

I reinstalled the audio driver, and it seemed to remove one of the errors in that "Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report". Otherwise, it looks like my other two concerning errors appear only when I have my Logitech USB receiver plugged in... I updated my SetPoint software, but that did not seem to help. I can not seem to find where to check for new drivers on the Logitech site.

 

Turns out my issue wasn't VMware. I'm suspecting the Lenovo power management driver and tool. Uninstalled both and have been unable to reproduce the issue. Doesn't seem to add much benefit in Windows 7 anyway.

I'll report back if anything changes.

 

OK, ignore everything I said previously.

Which BIOS version are you running? I read reports that 3.10 and 3.11 introduced problems with suspend/hibernate, whose release dates line up to around the time I started having problems.

I downgraded to 3.08 by using Lenovo's ISO BIOS installer and seem to have eliminated my problem.

 

These hotfixes helped stabilize my R61:

Windows6.1-KB975496-x64
Windows6.1-KB975599-x64
Windows6.1-KB977307-x64

I am running Bitlocker, so I guess that is why I needed the extra ones.

 

Thanks for the tip. I never touched anything related to Bitlocker, as far as I know. Is it enabled by default? (I'm running Win7 x64 on a x200 tablet)

Interesting... I am running 3.11
Are there any disadvantages to downgrading? This sleep issue is annoying, but I can cope with it if the newer BIOS versions have important improvements

 

No, Bitlocker is something you have to enable - it is drive encryption so your data is safer should your laptop get lost.