Re: Hibernating/Stand by problem

Hello B,

Ok, it's good to hear from you.
I'm going to be using an outline
format to ensure that the Q's and
the A's do not get while discussing
this issue.

1) so it is a confirmation that the o.s. is initiating the hibernation state and not standby.

2) are your fingers still crossed? how
much time has passed now, since the
cmos reset, like Rock suggested?

3) have you entered the bios settings
and checked out the wake on lan or
wake on bios setting mentioned previously?

-db
"Barbaraann" <Barbaraann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EC413668-9BE6-48C4-9B63-F9FBE2053BCD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi DB, Thanks for responding. In answer to your question. Yes a window does
pop up when the PC is preparing to go into Hibernation. No, I do not touch
the on/off switch to put the PC into the hibernate state. I was thinking
about your previous suggestion to buypass the hibernate/standby/ monitor off
switch entirely. I reconfigured the sleep button on the keyboard to put The
PC into hibernation.
--
Redhead


"db" wrote:

> Hello Barbaraann,
>
> Yeh, these are the worst kind of problems
> to figure out. So whatever I would suggest
> to you would be the actions that I would take
> on my Pc if I had a similar problem.
>
> Here are some quick and general thoughts:
>
> We should keep in mind that
> if the power to the pc is taken away, it can
> not power up by itself. Therefore, if it powers
> up by itself, then it is in a standby state.
>
> The power settings called "turn off" and "hibernation"
> both powerdown the pc, e.g., turns off the incoming
> power/electricity.
>
> So if the pc does awaken by itself, then it is in a
> standby state and the pc is not powered down.
>
> The motherboard has the ability to awaken
> from a standby state via its cmos. The option is
> found in the power section and usually referred to as
> "awaken on LAN" or something similarly phrased.
>
> If awaken on LAN is selected then there are additional options
> designating the amount of time. Double
> check to see that the awaken on LAN is unselected in the cmos.
>
> As mentioned the above are some thoughts. At this time I am waiting
> to see how long will it be before it's time to uncross your fingers.
>
> I do have a thought on a possible solution.
> However I will do some technical research of it.
>
> A quick question, when you presume to go into hibernation,
> does a screen pop up confirming the hibernation? And if
> it does, do you press the on / off switch to turn the pc
> off or does it appear to power down by itself?
>
>
> "Barbaraann" <Barbaraann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:837B4CB6-4E74-4AFA-BF1D-E72E3BEF9FA4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi, still having ongoing problems with hibernation/standby. Rock and DB
> offered useful suggestions.
>
> To fix this I have disconnected any wire to the PC. Opened the unit pulled
> the battery…waited 30 minutes. Reinstalled battery and booted up. This
> appears to work. The first time worked for 36 hours. This reset has been
> working for 3 hours.
> My question is until I find what is causing the problem (The problem is at
> :21 and :51 past the hour the PC is awakened by some command. 5 minutes later
> the PC returns to the sleep state and the cycle repeats) is there a command
> to rest the CMOS or bios in which I do not have to unseat the battery and
> then reseat? Any advice or links would be appreciated.
>
> Other steps I have taken
> 1. Eliminate as many background programs as I can.
> 2. Defrag, check disk, delete cookies, temp files and remove any unwanted
> programs.
> 3. I have bypassed the power management window and have reset the Microsoft
> keyboard sleep button to manually start hibernate. As I said this has been
> working for 4 hours (fingers crossed).
>
> --
> Redhead
>
>
> "Barbaraann" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am having an ongoing problem with hibernate and stand by.
> > 1. PC goes into hibernate or stand by when scheduled.
> > 2. At :21 and :51 past the hour the PC is awakened.
> > 3. 5 minutes later the PC returns to Hibernate or stand by.
> > 4. To fix it I have done the following;
> > a. Remove battery, wait 30 minutes reinstall. This did work for 36 hours.
> > b. Run msconfig disable and enable.
> > c. Run check disc, defrag, delete cookies and temp files.
> > 5. Problem ongoing for over a year.
> > 6. System is 512mb mem, intel P4 3.0mhz. Norton internet security, aol 9.0
> > se, microsoft office 2003.
> > 7. What is causing this? It is driving me crazy tring to fix this. This is a
> > gateway I have frustrated their techs. Their final suggestion being to make a
> > CD copy of the system restore drivers. Unistall and reinstall.
> >
> > ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU!
> > --
> > Rehead
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