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Laptop does not wake from sleep / frozen black screen - w/ Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver

ch2day
Star II
System: Windows 10
Battery or AC: Both
Model: Zenbook UX430UAR
Frequency of occurrence: 50-60% of time when computer sleeps
Reset OS: Yes, many times
Screenshot or video: N/A
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Detailed description:
On Windows 10, I'm getting a black screen when trying to wake the computer from sleep or o just waking the display (if computer sleep is disabled).
The computer freezes completely and the only way to get it back is to power it down and back up. Occasionally (rarely), the keyboard will be lit solid or blinking in this frozen state. Also, the power led blinks .
If I leave the computer frozen for a long time it heats up considerably, especially if plugged in.
This is a work computer so no games and no overclocking. BIOS settings are defaults (BIOS has been updated to the latest patch, 308) .
Computer has been cleanly reinstalled a number of times and is currently on Windows 10 2004 with the latest patches.

Troubleshooting actions tried:

BIOS update to 308 (latest available)
Disabling all possible devices one-by-one in Device Manager (Wifi, BT, card reader, fingerprint reader, display audio, system devices, etc.)
Tweaking power options such as disabling sleep, hibernation.
Tested RAM and SSD OK - even tried a different SSD at one point.
Installing driver versions downloaded from ASUS website (chipset, graphics and others) for this computer (VGA labelled Coffee Lake) and for a very similar model UX430UA (VGA labelled Kaby Lake).
Trying different versions of Intel Graphics driver (UHD Graphics 620) from Intel website, ranging from version 21 to the latest available.
I've wiped and re-installed Windows clean already 6 or 7 times, to different versions, but the issue happens starts happening after the Intel driver is installed by Windows update.
BIOS was reset to defaults.
The only way I've found around the problem is to disable or uninstall the Intel driver, but that leaves me without brightness control, etc.
Please help!
Thank you in advance.
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royschreiber
Star II
That's incredible, your post might have solved the problem I've been having for a year now! I've been having the same problem where the computer doesn't come out of sleep mode and sometimes also overheats during sleep. Connecting devices via USB seemed to make the problem worse although it happened also with nothing connected.
Up until now I was upgrading only drivers that were on the ASUS support website and the NVIDIA drivers. Following this post I upgraded the Intel graphics 620 driver (which I didn't realize I had) from 26.20.100.7372 to 27.20.100.8587 via the Intel website and the problem didn't happen for 3 days already, even with USB devices connected.

Blake_ASUS
Community Legend II
Hello ch2day,
May I know what "the Intel Driver" it is and it's version?
Thank you so much.

royschreiber
Star II
royschreiber

That's incredible, your post might have solved the problem I've been having for a year now! I've been having the same problem where the computer doesn't come out of sleep mode and sometimes also overheats during sleep. Connecting devices via USB seemed to make the problem worse although it happened also with nothing connected.

Up until now I was upgrading only drivers that were on the ASUS support website and the NVIDIA drivers. Following this post I upgraded the Intel graphics 620 driver (which I didn't realize I had) from 26.20.100.7372 to 27.20.100.8587 via the Intel website and the problem didn't happen for 3 days already, even with USB devices connected.


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So I had a whole week without the computer getting stuck in sleep mode, then windows updated and now it's back.

Halis_Mert
Star II
What is the latest situation? i have the same problem