Javioli 57 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I use Win7 64-bit Ultimate and often I'll ask it to 'sleep' so it powers off but can power back up quickly. A week or so ago it started having trouble waking up properly - the mouse cursor would be extremely laggy, pressing Alt-Ctrl-Del would take up to 30 seconds to do anything, it wouldn't want to shut down properly, etc. etc. etc. I've not updated any drivers recently (I keep my video drivers up to date but last update was last month). Windows Updates are automatic however and they install when they want to. Any ideas what might be causing this? PC Spec; ABIT IX48-GT3 Socket 775 Intel Core2Quad Q9400 (2.66Ghz) (2×3 MB L2, 1333 MHz FSB, 95W TDP) 8Gb Corsair TwinX DDR3 1333 XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 SATA hard drives SATA (Lightscribe) burnerWin7 Ultimate 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone 731 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Firstly, I am no computer expert. I can't say exactly what it is that is likely to be causing the slow speed. I would, however, recommend some type of computer maintenance program. I personally use TuneUp Utilities and find it to be very effective in speeding things up. There are plenty of free alternatives out there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread 226 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Leaving your computer on clogs up the memory cache. This shows you how to empty it http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/clear-windows-7-cache/ Restarting does the job too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javioli 57 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) I'm not sure it's a clogging up issue, I can replicate the problem by switching it on from cold and putting it in sleep mode when it's done booting. I do a regular registry cleaning, defrag and also disk cleanup. Edited December 18, 2012 by Javioli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amz-0 18 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Have you updated it or installed any new software ? with that PC spec you shouldn't be having these types issues .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javioli 57 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 The only new software will have been Windows Updates - which it automatically does whenever they're available. The PC spec is fine (it's used as a gaming machine / photo editing) and it's only when it wakes up after sleep. It's as if something is stuck in a loop or whatever. I'm no expert in what happens during the sleep process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread 226 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I'm not sure it's a clogging up issue, I can replicate the problem by switching it on from cold and putting it in sleep mode when it's done booting. I do a regular registry cleaning, defrag and also disk cleanup. None of those things will do anything to empty the memory cache. IT sounds like a RAM issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amz-0 18 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The only new software will have been Windows Updates - which it automatically does whenever they're available. The PC spec is fine (it's used as a gaming machine / photo editing) and it's only when it wakes up after sleep. It's as if something is stuck in a loop or whatever. I'm no expert in what happens during the sleep process. The simple quick fix would be to not send it to sleep :new_eyebrow: or try a reformat .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBravo 8 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Do you use Outlook at all? I've recently had problems with it gobbling up loads of resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javioli 57 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Yeh I use Outlook. But when I close Outlook it drops from Task Manager's list (ie. it doesn't get 'stuck'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC MacTablet + 5 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 If you have tweaked settings - for example and overclock - it can cause issues with Sleep. I have Sleep always disabled. I have recently installed a new graphics card which if the monitor goes to sleep won't wake so it shows how fickle PCs are and that isn't even full Sleep mode. Do I now have Sleep disabled and monitor sleep too. Allegedly this newer problem is due to new Catalyst drivers with AMD cards which you have one of. Solution disable Sleep mode and monitor sleeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javioli 57 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks for your reply. I don't overclock (CPU or GPU) because I've tried it and never got stable results. Power saving settings (monitor power off etc) are always disabled. I'm probably due another PC this year, but my Radeon HD 5870 is still not a bad card. My mate bought a gaming PC recently and his GFX card was about half the power of mine. So the question is whether to keep the GFX card or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC MacTablet + 5 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Try a full reinstall. Before you do this download a copy of DriverSweeper (you will get it from Guru3d). Now go into My Computer and into Remove Programmes and find the AMD programme and delete it. Reboot. Now open up DriveSweeper and tick the Ati box and run. (Ideally you do this in Safe Mode but I never bother and it seems to work fine) Reboot. Now go into AMD drivers web page and select your OS to see the latest files. Download only the Catalyst Centre. Install. Reboot. Now download the latest drivers - first the one called Cap2 and install and then the Catalyst drivers (currently the beta 12.11) and install Reboot. Got into Control Panel and change the Power Settings. You should now be able to let your monitor sleep without it hanging. (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javioli 57 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thanks for the advice Nik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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