Laptop shut down issue

[Bou]

I have an ASUS laptop, running Windows 7, and recently I've started having a minor problem closing my laptop. As far as I recall, it started out of nowhere. I have my power settings configured so my laptop is supposed to sleep when I close it, but instead it shuts all the way down. When I start it back up again, I get that message telling me there was an unexpected shutdown. Does anyone know what's up with this?

[Daisymae70]

Lately, I have been googling a lot about the sleep functions with Windows 7. And what I have discovered isn't very promising.  I have changed various sleep settings to get my computer to "stay" asleep until I wake it up and haven't figured out how yet.  It randomly wakes up in the middle of the night and has nothing to do with updates.  One post on this forum, person has windows 7 going to sleep and she has it set to never go to sleep.  So unless someone posts who has won this battle I guess we will just hope for the best.  Sounds like it is a glitch with Win 7 sleep functions.

[Mulreay]

One option is to look in your BIOS settings

Usually, you must press a key (such as F2, F12, Delete, or Esc) or a key combination immediately after you turn on your computer before Windows starts. For more information, check the information that came with your computer or go to the computer manufacturer's website.

When in BIOS change your 'suspend ACPI options'. If it's set to S1 and S3 or just S1 then change it to S3 only.

You can also try to change the settings in control panel
Control panel - Power options - change when computer sleeps - advanced power settings and set the following options

Allow hybrid Sleep > Turn off
Allow wake timers > turn on/turn off try both settings

USB selective suspend > Turn on


let us know how you get on.