Vista sleep mode crash

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So i'm doing loads of Vista troubleshooting tonight, working out all the kinks. Got the sound, internet, and video working mostly I think , but when I try to come back from low-power state standby or sleep mode, the computer freezes and my video goes all crazy.

I get lovely streaks of green, like my desktop was just hit by a grain shredder, and it won't function anymore - if I hit the power button it'll shut down and work fine when I turn it back up again. I updated the drivers, least I thought I updated the drivers, from nVidias website.

Any ideas? Its integrated GeForce graphics on the AM2 biostar board with the same name - by no means a gaming machine, just a cheaper workstation. What I did was do a system restore then started removing everything I downloaded from the time I remember it starting. You might not have to go that far. But I am sure there is a software that is causing this.

I'm unsure if you're running Vista 32 or 64 bit, so I've provided links for both. Graphics driver bit Graphics driver bit Chipset driver for both Network driver - for some reason the link isn't working, but just scroll down to "Vista and WinServer Auto Installation Program SID " and click any of the mirrors next to it to download the driver. Install those, reboot when requested, and see how you go.

Turning off sleep mode seems to do the trick. However, I would like to update the drivers as well to solve the problem.

I installed the chipset driver and network driver. Neither of these solved the problem. The graphics driver would not install on my computer I have a bit Vista by the way. An error message popped up that said "The driver being installed is not validated for this computer please obtain the appropriate driver from the manufacturer" Thanks for all the help, hopefully we can figure this out so I can use sleep mode again. Apologies for the late reply. Preferably connect to internet using cable instead of wireless helps windows connect to internet easier and find drivers if needed.

PCI bus? Right click and choose Uninstall. That will trigger reinstallation of the PCI Driver and some other drivers on your system. Windows will take care for most of them. You may need to restart few times. Check afterwards your PC for sound and other hardware misbehaviors and install the driver for that device from device manager or the folder with downloaded drivers you? A horrible experiance? I dont understand what Microsoft wants to prove with this half backed graphics junk.

Most horrifying experiance in my 16 years of IT life. The resolution change after resume by standby is really starting to bug me too. Windows Vista has a major problem. Hibernate and sleep mode will not recover. We do not know what to do. We were told not to download anything from microsoft, because that was our problem. Then we were told we had to download updates to fix our problem. I am not a computer whiz. What do we do? Then double click on a normal jpg file. Windows viewer comes on, but try to print with it.

So try to add it again says COPY 1, ok, but then gets a system error. Win Vista Home Premium System hangs up.. I come back and monitor is off. I can hear a noise like its trying to turn on the monitor, wakeup.

Nothing I do wakes it up. I turn it off and then on.. Only solution is to reboot, go to F8 and do a restore! But do a restore times daily? Turn off computer. Remove one of the RAM chips or change to a different one 3. Start the computer.

Windows will inform you that RAM has changed and ask if you want to delete the restoration data. Confirm that you want to delete it. Start in normal mode. After it reboots you can do a regular shut down, replace the RAM and restart as usual.

Absolutely will not return from sleep mode. About ready to go back to XP. Just bought another puter, why? Its a Dell, dude! Inspiron No activation, no key required, no hassles Runs good, so far. United States English. Home R2 Library Forums. Ask a question.

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