[Solved] Windows 11 Failed to Wake from Sleep and Restarts: Fixing a 4-Year-Old Bug with a BIOS U…

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[Solved] Windows 11 Failed to Wake from Sleep and Restarts: Fixing a 4-Year-Old Bug with a BIOS Update

DEV Community·kuroappworks·6 months ago

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Environment

Component Model / Version

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Motherboard ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS

Graphics Card ASUS DUAL-RX9060XT-16G

OS Windows 11

[Conclusion] Summary of the Cause and Solution

For those who want a quick fix, here is the summary of the cause and the solution.

The sleep wake-up failure that had been occurring for years was actually a combination of two independent issues: the "driver" and the "BIOS".

Timing of Occurrence Cause Solution

When Windows 11 was first installed Driver-related (Remnants of amdkmdag.sys ) Clean install after completely removing it with AMD Cleanup Utility

After adding the new GPU BIOS-related (Motherboard firmware bug) Update BIOS to the latest version using ASUS EZ Flash 3

A clean installation of the driver only provided a "temporary relief." The root cause lay in the motherboard's BIOS.…

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