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I just got a new (Used) computer and when I try to take it out of sleep mode it unsuccessfully tries to turn on twice and then turns on like I had turned it off. I have already tried resetting it and it didn't work. Please help and thank you in advance.
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Instead of sleep mode use hibernation which is less intensive and doesn't require you to find the drivers for the unknown PC,
...and we did one of two things. We first tried updating the chipset/motherboard driver, then all other drivers and if that didn't get it done, we simply didn't use sleep mode. For desktops, it's not really a problem but with laptops, we simply turned them off when not in use. Unfortunately, with certain models, especially a few HPs, we couldn't make them work as one would expect.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Before putting it in sleep manually shutdown all open apps.
Back it down to a clean desktop.
Now try sleep and then wake.
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