Sleep and hibernate not working

[kevpple]

Well randomly my computer stopped hibernating and sleeping they both have the same result the login screen will pop back up i tried hibernating from the command line with shutdown /h and i get an error saying the system could not find the file specified.(2) and the hiberfil.sys file is still in the root of c: i have tried enabling a disabling sleep and hibernate i get the same result.

My specs:
Gateway dx438g with Acer AAHD3-vc motherboard
AMD A6-5400K 3.60GHz with Radeon HD 7540D Graphics
6 gigs ram
The boot drive: Hitachi 500 gig
Other drive: 1TB ST310005
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 Version 6.1.7601

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

What is the exact error message? When did this start?

[kevpple]

It started a few days ago the exact problem is when i select hibernate or sleep the screen will go black for a few seconds then it will show the login screen when i use shutdown /h to force hibernate in the command line i get a error saying The System could not find the file specified.(2) i assumed it was looking for hiberfil.sys but the file is in c:\ where is supposed to be

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I think it would be easiest to perform a System Restore.

You can follow the steps to perform a System Restore here:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000589.htm

Select a date before you started noticing this problem.

Note: None of your files will be deleted. It is a completely safe procedure.

[kevpple]

I think it would be easiest to perform a System Restore.

You can follow the steps to perform a System Restore here:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000589.htm

Select a date before you started noticing this problem.

Note: None of your files will be deleted. It is a completely safe procedure.

System restore did not work i also tried changing sleep state in the bios that didn't work either next i'm going to check for viruses and I will run chkdsk to scan for file system corruption i'm starting to think there is a corrupt system file its trying to access and that system restore didn't have a backup of

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Yeah that might be a good idea.

If you could post this issue again in the Computer Virus and Spyware section, one of our Malware Specialists can assist you.
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,7.0.html

If you do post there, link back to this post.

[kevpple]

No virus and no file system corruption I'm officially stumped

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

If you have the Windows 7 disc, I suggest performing a Repair Install.

More info here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

[patio]

Just another example of how flawed Windows power management features are...
Sorry this sounds like a personal rant but i simply don't use any of them at all...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Just another example of how flawed Windows power management features are...
Sorry this sounds like a personal rant but i simply don't use any of them at all...

If I'm working on a project, I would hibernate my computer when I go to bed (so that I wouldn't have to worry about re-opening folders/files).
For the last two months, my computer won't stay off. I have to flip the switch on the PSU to keep it hibernating.
I can't for the life of me figure out what happened, or how to fix it.

Macs has that stuff figured out pretty well.

[patio]

I simply refuse to use it...that's all i'm sayin...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Was changing my BIOS boot order when I decided to look through my power management settings.

There was a sub-category called "Wake Response". In it were a list of devices that will wake the computer from hibernation.

Disabled everything, and now my computer can rest peacefully.

[patio]

Good find...so the BIOS settings were overriding Win settings ? ?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Yeah apparently, which makes sense... I guess.

[soybean]

Well randomly my computer stopped hibernating and sleeping they both have the same result the login screen will pop back up i tried hibernating from the command line with shutdown /h

Why not set your computer to hibernate by a method available in Windows Power Options panel instead of using a command line?