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Can't get out of sleep mode

Last answer on Sep 14, 2009 7:05:56 am BST emptyshell, on Apr 30, 2009 1:25:18 am BST 
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Hello,
Not sure if this should be in the windows or hardware forum, but whenever my laptop (compaq presario V3000) goes into sleep mode I can't get it to come out of sleep mode. In the manual it says to just press the power button once. This does not work. Pressing any of the other buttons does not work either. The only thing I can do is hold down the power button and force it to shut down. Also, sometimes when I close the laptop and carry somewhere and then open it again, it has gone into sleep mode which means I have to do the force shutdown thingy and end up losing any unsaved data. I have changed the settings so that it shouldn't go into sleep mode when I close it, but it still sometimes happens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Also, let me know if I need to provide anymore details.
Thanks!

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chiphunterz, on Apr 30, 2009 9:47:54 am BST

Hi,
don't close the laptop before shuts down completely.
try to remove the battery, press and hold the power button for about 20 seconds, put the battery back and then switch it on again.

   
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emptyshell, on May 7, 2009 6:40:27 am BST
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It doesn't happen when I'm shutting it down. But when for example i close the lid to take the laptop downstairs and then open it to start using it again. Also, the same thing happens when I manually put it into sleep mode. So if I click the 'sleep' option in the start menu with the shut down and restart options, then I still can't do anything to wake it back up.

   
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kioskearocks, on May 7, 2009 9:26:04 am BST

Hi,
these problems are quite frequent with laptops running Vista.
try not to put it on sleep mode.

   
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sandman, on Jul 31, 2009 6:50:51 pm BST
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I am having the same problem with home computer running windows vista.

   
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Andre, on Aug 2, 2009 5:30:37 pm BST

Hey, I have the same exact problem. I can't tell you how to fix the sleep problemm (haven't quite found the solution myself) but I can tell you how can you stop your laptop automatically going to sleep so you don't lose your work. Go to control paanel > mobile pc > change battery settings. Now choose your power plan (i.e if you're using HP recommended), click on change plan settings. Now, on the options for Put computer to sleep, choose never, both while plugged as on battery. This way you're computer won't automatically go to sleep once you close the lid.

   
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 mentormatt8, on Sep 14, 2009 7:05:56 am BST

Hi there, I had the same problem with my laptop not waking up from sleep (or standby). Turns out my solution was with fixing the hibernate file problem.

Here are the details:

http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/08/laptop-wont-­resume-from-sleep.html

It's a long writeup but the solution is really simple.

   
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