your computer cannot come out of hibernation

Try pressing and holding the PC’s power button for five seconds or more.

Some laptops have special keys or buttons for one or both, but the user might not have noticed them if he normally uses some other wake-up method. Some PCs take up to 30 seconds to wake up. Troubleshooting tips: In the short term, here are some ways to try to regain control of the PC: The key(s) that are supposed to wake the computer up do not have any effect.' User complaint: 'After placing the computer in Standby or Hibernate mode, it appears completely dead.

Won't wake up from Standby or Hibernation Standby places the computer in a low power consumption mode, using only enough power to preserve the content of RAM, so the computer can wake up quickly without a full restart. Hibernation is the procedure in which the content of memory is saved to disk before shutting down so when the computer wakes up again, you don’t have to go through a full restart. To help you troubleshoot such issues, I've compiled some common end-user complaints about laptop power management along with some possible solutions. If you support laptop users, you know all too well the trouble these modes can cause. Unfortunately, many users are unaware of the different settings involved in configuring a laptop to properly use these features. Hibernate and Standby modes are extremely useful to battery-hungry laptops.

Your computer cannot come out of hibernation