Here are some the things that happen when waking up or trying to wake up my Inspiron 1720 laptop from SLEEP mode:

 

1.  Mouse has disappeared

2.  Mouse cursor has turned into a square the size of an account icon and has a white-blue kind of color to it.

3.  Laptop not come out of SLEEP mode because it seems to have fallen into possibly Hibernation mode

4.  Laptop goes into SHUTDOWN procedure and closes down totally.

 

If I do not close the lid of the laptop when leaving the machine for an extended period, it seems to go into Hibernation mode (which I've specifically NOT programmed) and often will not wake up at all; or it will sometimes go into SHUTDOWN mode when I try to wake it up with a keystroke.

 

It's been like this since new about 4 months ago.  It is not always glitchy.  Often it wakes up normally but the laptop still has the above symptoms, seemingly randomly.

 

Any ideas what is wrong and if it is fixable?  Appreciate any posts, thanks!

 

JS