Re: HIBERNATING/CMOS

Barbara ann
Setting the power failure wake-up to off is best for most people, it means
that if there is apower failure the PC does not autorestart and you know
what has happened.

With Windows XP (and eventually Vista) 2 GB RAM would be apporpriate for
your System.

Syystem Mechanic is very powerful so make sure you enable its backup
features before running it. I have had severe problems with its junk file
cleaner and have disabled that.

A simpler Registry Cleaner that you can safely use daily is JUV power Tools.
It was a free amateur product but last year was bought by Mace Software.
http://www.macecraft.com/

John

"Barbaraann" <Barbaraann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi John,

I love System Mechanic. Great suggestion! The only other wake up in bios I
saw was a power failure. It is set to stay off. I do not at this time have
back up power. However, I will check the bios in greater detail to make
sure. Thanks for everything.

One other question if you please. I am considering doubling my memory from
512mb to 1024mb. Will I notice a difference or should I add a gig? My max
memeory capacity is 2gb on a intel 4 3ghz motherboard.

Barbara ann
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Redhead


"John Butler" wrote:

Hi BarbaraAnn

In my experience if you must use Windows Hibernate - rather prone to
troubles - make sure that all wake-ups in the bios are turned off.
What bios do you have? MyAward bios (very recent in Asus crosshair dual
mother board) has a shutdown\restart option which does the same thing as
hibernate in Windows but without the software problems. What shut
down\restart options do you have in your bios?
John

"Barbaraann" <Barbaraann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Rock, Could you please forward this to db. I do not know how. Thank
you!
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Hi DB,

I want to thank you for your assistance in solving my Hibernation
problem
and giving so generously of your time. I have reviewed the problem and
associated fix it steps and have came up with the following analysis. I
may
not be correct, but I am submitting it to you for review and if needed
corrections. Perhaps it can help someone else in the future. I am also
trying
System Mechanic 7. All I can say is WOW!

Problem review: System set to hibernate. System did go into sleep
state.
At
:21 and :51 past the hour the system would awaken. 5 minutes later the
system
would return to the sleep state and the cycle would repeat.

Fix it steps that are working:

1. Reboot then hit the appropriate F key to enter the bios settings.
Remove
battery and all connections. Reinstall battery. Reboot and then hit the
appropriate F key to enter the bios settings. Making sure to reset the
clock
(otherwise your programs will tell you have not had any updates in 1181
days,
etc). In the boot tab disable any LAN wake up commands. Save the
settings
and
continue boot up.
2. Check your internet connections looking in the LAN properties and
disabling any wake up commands unless you think you will need this.
3. In the power settings set the monitor to turn off at whatever you
want.
Do not enable turn off hard disks. Check the hibernation tab and make
sure
the hibernation option is checked. Apply changes.
4. For my preferences I set the sleep key on my keyboard to the
hibernating
function. I prefer manual setting at this time. I may set the
hibernating
function to a timed automatic setting in the future.
5. Note: the first time I did this the function it worked for 30
hours.
The
reason this happened was a friend of mine was using the computer,
downloading
graphics, and it froze up. They were not able to exit the program or
restart.
Instead they cut the power and started the PC up again. I believe this
action
caused the system to restore to a previous point before the fix it
options
thus causing the hibernation problem to start again. I am not a
software
engineer and this is only calculated guessing on my part.

The fix is still working! Thanks for your help and I hope this info
helps
you help others.

Barbara ann



Redhead


"Barbaraann" wrote:

Hi Rock,

I have posted in the original thread using th reply function. It was
Hibernate/standby problem posted on 1/24/07. This is a copy of the new
question without caps. Thanks for your guidance.

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).

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Redhead


"Rock" wrote:

"Barbaraann" wrote

HI, ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HIBERNATION STANDBY. ROCK AND DB OFFERED
USEFUL
SUGGESTIONS.

WHEN I PULL THE AC POWER AND THE BATTERY (RESET CMOS) THE
HIBERNATION
FUNCTION APPEARS TO WORK.

CAN I RESET THE CMOS/BIOS TO DEFAULT WITHOUT PULLING THE BATTERY?
THIS
SEEMS
TO BE THE ONLY STEP THAT WORKS. ANY LINKS FOR MORE DETAILED INFO
OR
ADVICE
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

I HAVE ELIMINATED AS MANY BACKGROUND PROGRAMS AS I CAN.

THE PROBLEM WAS AT :21 AND :51 PAST THE HOUR THE PC WOULD BE
AWAKENED
FROM
SLEEP AND 5 MINUTES LATER RETURN TO SLEEP.

I HAVE BYPASSED THE POWER MANAEGEMENT WINDOW AND SETTING THE
HIBERNATING
MODE MANUALLY. IT IS WORKING (3 HOURS) STILL EVALUATING TO SEE IF
IT
WORKS.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!


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