Re: Stand by/Sleep mode
- From: "Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:40:53 -0600
Karl, thanks for this suggestion. I haven't tried doing a BIOS update, yet,
but I may have to go that route. I still think this is a Windows XP problem.
This same computer did its standby/sleep/hibernate funcitons as it should
before the original hard drive failed, a couple of weeks ago, and I had to
install a new hard drive, then reinstall my OS and all my client software.
The thing that's really strange is that the Power Options Properties window
in Control Panel doesn't show the System Standby or the System Hibernate
options at the bottom of this window. The Turn off monitor and the Turn off
hard disks options are there, as they should be but the other two are
missing. Also there is no Advanced tab on this window.
Something must have gone wrong when I was installing Windows XP Pro, and now
that I've downloaded and installed SP2 and a number of other on-line updates
I am reticent to try a re-install from my Windows XP CD.
Any suggestions as to how I might get Windows XP to reset these?
Thanks, Gordon
"Karl Snooks" <wieso@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Antares,
If you've already been there and done that, then forgive me but what I'd
do
is go to the Gigabyte website and check for 1)Bios update, 2) new drivers.
karl snooks
"Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message
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| My recently built desktop computer will not go into standby/sleep mode.
It
| progresses through the screen saver part, but instead of shutting down
it
| pops back to the active desktop mode and remains there indefinitely.
|
| This is a new computer I built a short time back, using a Gigabyte
| GA-P35-DS3L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It has two 1
GB
| DDR2 memory sticks and is running Windows XP Pro SP 2. In general this
| computer works very well, but I can not get it to go into sleep mode. It
has
| a 500 GB Western Digital hard drive and is no where near the point of
being
| short of disk space or memory.
|
| I have opened Display Properties > Screen Saver Tab and set the Screen
Saver
| to; Wait 10 minutes. I have set the Power Options to; Turn off monitor;
| After 15 minutes, and; Turn off hard drives; After 20 minutes.
|
| It seems to be going through this proces and the time intervals seem
right
| but when it gets to the point where it should shut down or go into sleep
| mode it pops back to the regular desktop view and is fully alive,
| indefinitely.
|
| What else can I try? Thanks, Gordon
|
|
.
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