Hybrid Sleep Problem

Shahal

Shahal

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I've recently put in a new motherboard on my computer. The EVGA 750i SLI FTW Edition. Now since I've put this board in I can't go into Hybrid Sleep properly. It'll power down like it used to and it'll start to power back up but it hangs on a black screen and I have to do a hard reset. I don't know if this has something to do with the new mobo or if there are some settings in vista or the bios not right but I've tried many websites' advice along with a guide on this site to fix the problem and nothing has worked.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Solaris Tech
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    EVGA 750i SLI FTW
    Memory
    4 Gb OCZ Platinum
    Graphics card(s)
    2x XFX nVidia 9800 GT
    Sound Card
    On Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1916W 19" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
    PSU
    Ultra X2 750W
    Case
    Ultra Aluminus Black
    Cooling
    Stock CPU, 2 Antec 120 MM Case Fans
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder
    Keyboard
    Gateway Media Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 8 MEG, Belkin N Wireless USB Adapter
    Other Info
    My Laptop: Acer Aspire 4730Z - Vista Home Premiun x86 - Intel DC T3200 - 2 GB RAM - Intel Graphics Accelerator 4500M 2nd Desktop: WinXP Pro - AMD Athlon XP 2800+ - 2.5 GB RAM - ATI Radeon 9250 PRO
If you haven't already done so, you should reinstall the OS any time that you swap motherboards. Vista is more tolerant of those sorts of "extreme makeover" hardware changes than previous versions of Windows, but there's no need to risk it. New motherboard = new install.
 

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That's really good advice, and my own rule-of thumb as well.

But...as a temporary work-around, you might try booting into safe mode and installing the latest version of the chipset driver for the new motherboard and reinstalling the video driver.

If that allows a normal boot to Vista's desktop, check Device Manager to see if any other motherboard-specific device drivers might be required (or look at the messages in the system tray).

Even if that step results in what appears to be a normally functioning system, I'd stlll hold off on activation until after I could make time to strip the hard drive partition in which Vista will live down to bare metal and perform a clean install of both the operating system and the applications it will run.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    I built it myself!
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
    Memory
    8GB Corsair XMS
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire/ATI HD4850 512MB
    Sound Card
    Bose Companion System V (USB - embedded audio disabled)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Apple 23 Inch Cinema Display (yum!)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    3 X Seagate 300, 1 X Seagate 1TB Freestore external
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W
    Case
    Antec P-180
    Cooling
    stock
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Optical Trackman
    Keyboard
    CVT Avant Prime (dishwasher safe!)
    Internet Speed
    Lots. 6 MB/sec?
I did format my HDD and reinstall vista after installing my mobo so I don't think its that. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling my drivers. Multiple versions of those drivers as well.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Solaris Tech
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    EVGA 750i SLI FTW
    Memory
    4 Gb OCZ Platinum
    Graphics card(s)
    2x XFX nVidia 9800 GT
    Sound Card
    On Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1916W 19" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
    PSU
    Ultra X2 750W
    Case
    Ultra Aluminus Black
    Cooling
    Stock CPU, 2 Antec 120 MM Case Fans
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder
    Keyboard
    Gateway Media Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 8 MEG, Belkin N Wireless USB Adapter
    Other Info
    My Laptop: Acer Aspire 4730Z - Vista Home Premiun x86 - Intel DC T3200 - 2 GB RAM - Intel Graphics Accelerator 4500M 2nd Desktop: WinXP Pro - AMD Athlon XP 2800+ - 2.5 GB RAM - ATI Radeon 9250 PRO
OK...wasn't clear from the original post. The behavior you describe is typically driver-related, but if you can't resolve it by updating (or perhaps using the ones that came on the utility CD that shipped with the motherboard) I think it's time to check with EVGA...or at least get the problem into their system.

I'm more familiar with Intel-chipset motherboards so I'm not sure if there are BIOS settings that the nVidia chipset needs to make sleep work...but I'd look in both the power management and video sections for likely candidates.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    I built it myself!
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
    Memory
    8GB Corsair XMS
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire/ATI HD4850 512MB
    Sound Card
    Bose Companion System V (USB - embedded audio disabled)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Apple 23 Inch Cinema Display (yum!)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    3 X Seagate 300, 1 X Seagate 1TB Freestore external
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W
    Case
    Antec P-180
    Cooling
    stock
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Optical Trackman
    Keyboard
    CVT Avant Prime (dishwasher safe!)
    Internet Speed
    Lots. 6 MB/sec?
Well from what I've gather online for the bios side of things. S3 ACPI Suspend mode needs to be enabled. I've tried having just S3 enabled and having S1 and S3 enabled and neither seem to make a difference.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Solaris Tech
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    EVGA 750i SLI FTW
    Memory
    4 Gb OCZ Platinum
    Graphics card(s)
    2x XFX nVidia 9800 GT
    Sound Card
    On Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1916W 19" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
    PSU
    Ultra X2 750W
    Case
    Ultra Aluminus Black
    Cooling
    Stock CPU, 2 Antec 120 MM Case Fans
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder
    Keyboard
    Gateway Media Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 8 MEG, Belkin N Wireless USB Adapter
    Other Info
    My Laptop: Acer Aspire 4730Z - Vista Home Premiun x86 - Intel DC T3200 - 2 GB RAM - Intel Graphics Accelerator 4500M 2nd Desktop: WinXP Pro - AMD Athlon XP 2800+ - 2.5 GB RAM - ATI Radeon 9250 PRO
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