G505s Laptop shuts down in sleep mode

Hi,
I recently bought a new G505s laptop running Windows 8.1. When the laptop goes into sleep mode (either on the battery or when plugged in with the lid down) the laptop will shut down completely. It does not even seem like the laptop is going into hibernation since Windows begins from a cold boot when powered on. Oddly, with the power cable plugged in the laptop will not even power back on. I have to remove the cable and power the laptop back on using the battery.
It seems to be a relatively common problem with Win 8.1 and there are various fixes people have suggested. So far I've tried reinstalling & updating AMD drivers, setting the power options to never hibernate and running a script to turn off hibernation.
None of these fixes have worked and the laptop will not stay in sleep for more than 20 minutes before shutting down completely.
I wondered if anyone else has encountered this problem with the same or similar model and whether there are any other fixes people suggest?
Thanks,

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