Hi Allan,
My motherboard is the Asus P8Z77-V Premium and not the one you thought (my fault I think as I didn't tell you which one I had sorry). And yes I have as previously stated loaded the latest Bios for my motherboard which is 2104. And also I have been in touch with Asus technical support already many times over the last few weeks and they are at a loss as to why this is happening. It doesn't happen with the Intel MEI driver V8.1.0.1263 and that's the puzzling part. Asus have told me that they have not changed anything in a big way with the new driver that should affect it when waking from sleep and have referred me back to Intel. They have basically said that Intel are the prime provider for the MEI drivers and that Asus only change them slightly to accommodate there chipset layout and have not changed anything that should affect it when coming out of sleep. I feel I am being passed from pillar to post and that both parties are passing the buck a bit as you are referring me to Asus and Asus are referring me to Intel. All I want is someone to help and make some suggestions that may help me with the problem I have. I am fairly knowledgeable with my computer and have built several up for myself so always do the research. My computer is always kept in tip top condition with the latest operating system and all the latest drivers and patches and all bios and firmware installed for all my components and the operating system installed.
Thank you for your suggestions but it isn't really helping me with my issues. So unless you can make some that may help. please pass me on to someone who can.
kind regards: John