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    Sleep issues

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Satchmo2, May 16, 2010.

  1. Satchmo2

    Satchmo2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I leave the laptop on sleep too long it has trouble waking up and I need to restart(just a black screen). I've disabled powerplay but it re-enables it somehow, and I also have the same issues with hibernation. Any help? It's a gx640.
     
    Satchmo2, May 16, 2010
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  2. sashabeaumierleblanc

    sashabeaumierleblanc Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was woundering about the same thing, I got the same issue it seems ... I disabled powerplay since I got it when I installed 10.4 ... I also set windows to "do nothing" when the lid is closed but when I did close it last time the screen went black ... I had to reboot computer to get anything back on ... when I did powerplay was back on, GPU settings were at 100/1000 and had 1X PCI .... how can powerplay automaticly enable itself ??


    also, the "moon" LED on the front right end of the computer (where there are 3 LED indicators) is always lit for some reason ... anyone knows what this means?
     
    sashabeaumierleblanc, May 17, 2010
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  3. Dead2th3world

    Dead2th3world Pure Hatred

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    I think It indicates that the system is active or something ... Can't remember exactly but certainly nothing to worry about.

    Set it to high performance and see if that helps instead of disabling it
     
    Dead2th3world, May 17, 2010
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    lackofcheese Notebook Virtuoso

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    In High Performance mode for PowerPlay the issues still persist, I tested that a while ago. In that mode, the system still downclocks whenever the screen turns off, which unfortunately includes sleep/hibernation.
    The best way to handle this at the moment is to make sure PowerPlay is off before putting your computer to sleep, but I think a fix is in the works.
     
    lackofcheese, May 17, 2010
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