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    Win 7 no longer uses Sleep?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by CalebSchmerge, Jan 23, 2009.

  1. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    I have been in Win 7 since the start of the public beta. Everything worked as well as Vista, or better (Asus had horrid driver support for my laptop, so things like screen brightness are finicky in Vista). I had trouble one time in Vista with my laptop not going into sleep mode at all. I did a fresh install and it was find. Win 7 was fine doing sleep mode all the way until this week. Now, it will go to sleep, but instantly wake back up. Any thoughts on what would cause this? I don't see any running programs that would cause this. Thanks.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Jan 23, 2009
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    I suspect it is also those Asus drivers. Sleep works perfectly on both my E6400 and on my father's Sony SZ420n. It sleeps and wakes lightning fast.

    Greg
     
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    The wierd thing, though, is that it was sleeping and waking and all of that just fine for weeks, and now suddenly it won't. I didn't install any drivers or hardware since this started.
     
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    What about Windows updates? Something might have changed, which is impacting driver performance.
     
    kegobeer, Jan 23, 2009
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    Sleep works, I used to have that problem with the FIRST build that leaked (6801)

    This has been fixed in Beta 1

    Try the nvidia 179.28 drivers if you have an nvidia card. It's definitely a driver issue, I can promise you that.

    On another note, I am VERY impressed how quickly Hibernate resumes on Windows 7, well done MS!
     
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    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Seconded. Hibernate’s performance is vastly improved over Vista’s—and with 4GB RAM this helps A LOT.
     
    BinkNR, Jan 24, 2009
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    Well, I'm on ATI, so I can't really try new drivers. I suppose Windows Update could be causing it. I might have time to investigate this today.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Jan 24, 2009
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    Found it - the problem is being caused by WinHTTP Web Proxy. If I disable my wireless before sleep - sleep works just fine. Now the question, then, how do I fix this so that I don't have to disable my wireless?

    I am connected to a network when it has trouble with sleep, if that helps spark any ideas.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Jan 24, 2009
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