FWIW: The only way I've found to resolve this:Completely disable sleep & enable hibernation. That seems to work fine, just takes a bit longer to startup (thankfully not too much longer with with SSD). I think it's the best solution for now.Alternativ...
Exact same problem. Bought and open box and had keyboard stop working when computer went to sleep. Tried a new computer at the store. Exact same problem. PLEASE FIX THIS ASUS!