Black screen when put to sleep, not responding

Naaier

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Hello

Sometimes (NOT ALWAYS) my laptop simply doesn't respond when I put it to sleep mode. I just click put to sleep, then it is behaving like it is going to sleep, but then it "freezes" on black screen, HDD is running, fan is running, led indicator is flashing, but it doesnt respond. The only solution is to turn it off by holding power button for several seconds. I thought that it was problem of my previous Windows (W7U SP1 64bit), but now I'm using W8.1Pro 64bit for 2 weeks and today, it happened again ! my BIOS is up to date, and drivers too (as I made full instalation by myself, not just some sort of upgrade). I also have disabled "hybrid sleep". and I also unchecked "allow computer to turn off this device" and "... to wake up computer by this device" on everything like USB devices and network adapters., but no change. Any suggestions ?

I have a suspicion that it has something to do with wi-fi, as it didn't happen when I was connected just with ethernet cable for 2 weeks, but it happened today as I started to use wireless connection (home network) as I came back home.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 8.1 Pro 64bit
hello, not sleeping is always a tough topic with win8 ,but it seems to me that you answered your own question.wifi causing it ,why not sure ,it coulc be driver issue ,check that you have the driver reccomended for the wifi in win8.1
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
Yeah maybe I answered it, but I didn't find solution. I'm using the latest drivers available for my model from manufacturer's site and for proper windows version, but I had this problem also on W7, which is odd. But if it is a problem of driver, then there isn't any solution I guess. The only chance is, that it is only some problem in settings/configuration which can be solved, but I have no idea how, I tried everything possible what I found on the internet, but still no change. I'm starting to be desperate, because this is a huge problem for me, as it just randomly freezes when you put it to sleep, so you lost everything what was opened in that time, and also hard drive probably suffers from frequent restarts.

wifi module is Broadcom BCM43142, do you think that somewhere exists newer drivers (not that ones from Lenovo), better said, should I try wifi drivers from different manufacturer ? I'm not sure if there could be compatibility issues or not.

Is that "Driver updater" safe and reliable ? Because honestly, I don't trust in this kind of software, they are mostly just unusable junk.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 8.1 Pro 64bit
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