

In Device Manager, double-click your wireless network adapter. Also, try changing the device's power settings: Of your video card for a newer driver, or try turning off Hybrid Sleep.ĭisable power saving for your wireless adapterĪs with the video card, make sure you have the latest driver and firmwareįor your wireless adapter. The second most common cause of sleep and hibernation problems, behindĪn out-of-date BIOS, is a video card (display adapter) driver thatĭoesn't support Window' Hybrid Sleep feature. Depending on howĪCPI-compliant your PC is, it may take some trial and error to get 7 to sleep properly. Setting referring to ACPI 2.0 or some later version, try turning it on if it's The ACPI APIC support setting is set to On or Enabled. 7 requires that your BIOS comply with the ACPI 2.0 specification.Įnter your BIOS setup screen, and make sure Should you be experiencing any of these problems: Update your PC's BIOSĬheck with the manufacturer of your computer system or motherboardįor a BIOS update.

You can do to help improve your computer's support for APM and ACPI, The good news is that there are a few things Inconsistent support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Unfortunately, all of these problems are quite common, mostly because of the (Hint: look for new drivers or a firmware update for your device.) Scanner stop working after waking up, at least until you restart Windows. Some features, like your wireless network, your cordless mouse, or your Some or all of the power management features and settings discussed earlier Windows goes to sleep or hibernates once, but once it wakes up, it won't Normally instead of resuming your previous session. Windows won't wake up after going to sleep, or Windows simply boots Stand by, or the system just crashes in the middle of the process. Windows won't go to sleep at all either nothing happens when you try to If it doesn't, you might experience a problem such as: No sleep For the Standby, Sleep, or Hibernate modes to work properly in Windows 7,
