Dell Inspiron 3147 won't wake from sleep mode

striper · 24 Oct 2018

AndreTen said:

Sometimes changing hibernation could help. How did you disble hibernation? I would try completely (also disable fast startup and other hybrid solutions):

if no change, try to enable it with

and enable hibernation. DFoesn't hurt trying, and it's quick, but don't think it will do anything

So hibernation works! Thanks so much.

I ran powercfg /h on. Then under, 'change what closing the lid does', I set it to hibernate.

AndreTen · 24 Oct 2018

striper said:

I originally disabled hybrid sleep, fast startup, turn off hard disk after, and hibernation via power settings. When that didn't work I ran powercfg /h off.

I will try enabling hibernate now. Fingers crossed.

If you still want to try A08, here's the link to the page:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/si...driverid=mhwn6

AndreTen · 24 Oct 2018

striper said:

So hibernation works! Thanks so much.

I ran powercfg /h on. Then under, 'change what closing the lid does', I set it to hibernate.

no kidding

really. Laptop came from hibernation

striper · 24 Oct 2018

AndreTen said:

no kidding

really. Laptop came from hibernation

Seriously, it worked. I'm not going to bother with the old BIOS. I'm content with this.

It loads GRUB bootloader first because I have it dual booted but that's no big deal. Way better than having to shutdown every time.

Thanks a million.

AndreTen · 24 Oct 2018

striper said:

Seriously, it worked. I'm not going to bother with the old BIOS. I'm content with this.

It loads GRUB bootloader first because I have it dual booted but that's no big deal. Way better than having to shutdown every time.

Thanks a million.

uhm, great

Wasn't really expecting it, was a bit optimistic. Glad you tried it.