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    Windows 7 Sleeps but doesn't Hibernate

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jerome10, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. Jerome10

    Jerome10 Notebook Geek

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    This just started a few weeks back.

    I have the computer set to sleep when I close the lid, with it to hibernate after 30 minutes. The computer sleeps, but it NEVER hibernates now. Used to work fine.

    So if I don't use the computer for a day or so, I open it up to find a low battery since it never hibernates.

    Any ideas? I've tried going back to default settings, changing everything by 5 minutes again, etc. Nothing works. Could it be drivers? Anything else? I just can't figure why it used to work properly and just stopped at some point.
     
    Jerome10, Jul 11, 2011
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  2. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Try disabling hibernation in win 7, restart the compter, and then enable hibernation, then test.
    If this fixes it prob. a corrupted hiberfil.sys
     
    JOSEA, Jul 11, 2011
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  3. HTWingNut

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    Sounds like you might need to set your power profile to "allow wake timers" to "enable". It should be on by default, but that can causes issues.

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    HTWingNut, Jul 11, 2011
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