Windows 8 sleep issue

[wand3r3r]

Whenever I hit the sleep button the screen goes blank but the computer is running and doesn't even sound like anything has changed. It will be stuck and sometimes I have to press the power button for a while to shut it off, and once or twice had to turn off the PSU. When I start it after these occasions, it starts and when I login it's like it was sleeping.

Is this potentially due to BIOS settings from OCing, or software settings, or something else? Anyone else experience any issues?

 

[MichaelD]

Possibly Win8 is more sensitive to an overclocked CPU or maybe your OC is going bad. It happens. CPUs and components on the MB get old. But maybe your system is brand new...just throwing ideas out.

When situations like this occur the best thing to do is return everything to stock speeds and see if the issue persists. Go from there.

 

[wand3r3r]

Possibly Win8 is more sensitive to an overclocked CPU or maybe your OC is going bad. It happens. CPUs and components on the MB get old. But maybe your system is brand new...just throwing ideas out.

When situations like this occur the best thing to do is return everything to stock speeds and see if the issue persists. Go from there.

The components are actually pretty new. I'll try stock settings though, good point, that will quickly eliminate the possibility.

 

[SimMike2]

Check all your BIOS settings related to power saving. Make sure your chipset drivers are up to date. Most modern motherboard and CPU can go into remarkably efficient sleep mode where it uses virtually zero energy. But when you put the computer together yourself, it sometimes takes some experimenting to get it working correctly.

 

[wand3r3r]

Check all your BIOS settings related to power saving. Make sure your chipset drivers are up to date. Most modern motherboard and CPU can go into remarkably efficient sleep mode where it uses virtually zero energy. But when you put the computer together yourself, it sometimes takes some experimenting to get it working correctly.

Excellent, this solved it! I'm actually (pleasantly) surprised.
No issues with the overclock then.

Edit. Another day and when I put it to sleep it just got into some state where even after several hard reboots it wouldn't recover. It never shut off, but went into some strange state. I had to physically shut off the PSU until the lights died and after that I was able to start it up again. Strange.