Guest laurenced Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Hi all I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro today, but when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process successfully (it goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up the PC again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from Standby mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious reason as to why. I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated!
Guest Unknown Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > Hi all > > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro today, but > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process successfully (it > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up the > PC > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from > Standby > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious reason as > to > why. > > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated!
Guest laurenced Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Thanks for your reply! It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the keyboard hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though it was shut down, not put into standby. "Unknown" wrote: > How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > > Hi all > > > > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro today, but > > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process successfully (it > > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up the > > PC > > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from > > Standby > > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious reason as > > to > > why. > > > > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > > > > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard to allow coming out of standby. Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > Thanks for your reply! > > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > keyboard > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though it > was > shut down, not put into standby. > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >> > Hi all >> > >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro today, >> > but >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process successfully >> > (it >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up >> > the >> > PC >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from >> > Standby >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious reason >> > as >> > to >> > why. >> > >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >> > >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >> >> >>
Guest laurenced Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and the fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up from standby. Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) "Unknown" wrote: > Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard to > allow coming out of standby. > Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > > Thanks for your reply! > > > > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > > keyboard > > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though it > > was > > shut down, not put into standby. > > > > > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >> > Hi all > >> > > >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro today, > >> > but > >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process successfully > >> > (it > >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up > >> > the > >> > PC > >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from > >> > Standby > >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious reason > >> > as > >> > to > >> > why. > >> > > >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >> > > >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you exit sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced tab you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error so you can trap the error. Post back. "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and the > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > from > standby. > > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard to >> allow coming out of standby. >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... >> > Thanks for your reply! >> > >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the >> > keyboard >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though >> > it >> > was >> > shut down, not put into standby. >> > >> > >> > >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> > >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >> >> > Hi all >> >> > >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro >> >> > today, >> >> > but >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process >> >> > successfully >> >> > (it >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up >> >> > the >> >> > PC >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from >> >> > Standby >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious >> >> > reason >> >> > as >> >> > to >> >> > why. >> >> > >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >> >> > >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest laurenced Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the case did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked in the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which are helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi support and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather than a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. "Unknown" wrote: > One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you exit > sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced tab > you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error so > you can trap the error. Post back. > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and the > > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > > from > > standby. > > > > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard to > >> allow coming out of standby. > >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > >> > Thanks for your reply! > >> > > >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > >> > keyboard > >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though > >> > it > >> > was > >> > shut down, not put into standby. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> > > >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >> >> > Hi all > >> >> > > >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro > >> >> > today, > >> >> > but > >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process > >> >> > successfully > >> >> > (it > >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up > >> >> > the > >> >> > PC > >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from > >> >> > Standby > >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious > >> >> > reason > >> >> > as > >> >> > to > >> >> > why. > >> >> > > >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >> >> > > >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest laurenced Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the case did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked in the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which are helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi support and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather than a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. "Unknown" wrote: > One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you exit > sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced tab > you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error so > you can trap the error. Post back. > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and the > > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > > from > > standby. > > > > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard to > >> allow coming out of standby. > >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > >> > Thanks for your reply! > >> > > >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > >> > keyboard > >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as though > >> > it > >> > was > >> > shut down, not put into standby. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> > > >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >> >> > Hi all > >> >> > > >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro > >> >> > today, > >> >> > but > >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process > >> >> > successfully > >> >> > (it > >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start up > >> >> > the > >> >> > PC > >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering from > >> >> > Standby > >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious > >> >> > reason > >> >> > as > >> >> > to > >> >> > why. > >> >> > > >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >> >> > > >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process What are you referring to when you say 'the lights on the case'? "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... > Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by > clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the > case > did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. > > The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked > in > the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't > interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which > are > helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) > which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi > support > and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather > than > a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you >> exit >> sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced >> tab >> you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error >> so >> you can trap the error. Post back. >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... >> > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and >> > the >> > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up >> > from >> > standby. >> > >> > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) >> > >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> > >> >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard >> >> to >> >> allow coming out of standby. >> >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for >> >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... >> >> > Thanks for your reply! >> >> > >> >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the >> >> > keyboard >> >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as >> >> > though >> >> > it >> >> > was >> >> > shut down, not put into standby. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >> >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >> >> >> > Hi all >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro >> >> >> > today, >> >> >> > but >> >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process >> >> >> > successfully >> >> >> > (it >> >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start >> >> >> > up >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > PC >> >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering >> >> >> > from >> >> >> > Standby >> >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious >> >> >> > reason >> >> >> > as >> >> >> > to >> >> >> > why. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest Unknown Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Check ATi for an updated video driver?. "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... > Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by > clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the > case > did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. > > The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked > in > the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't > interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which > are > helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) > which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi > support > and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather > than > a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you >> exit >> sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced >> tab >> you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error >> so >> you can trap the error. Post back. >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... >> > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and >> > the >> > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up >> > from >> > standby. >> > >> > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) >> > >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> > >> >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard >> >> to >> >> allow coming out of standby. >> >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for >> >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... >> >> > Thanks for your reply! >> >> > >> >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the >> >> > keyboard >> >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as >> >> > though >> >> > it >> >> > was >> >> > shut down, not put into standby. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >> >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >> >> >> > Hi all >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro >> >> >> > today, >> >> >> > but >> >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process >> >> >> > successfully >> >> >> > (it >> >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start >> >> >> > up >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > PC >> >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering >> >> >> > from >> >> >> > Standby >> >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious >> >> >> > reason >> >> >> > as >> >> >> > to >> >> >> > why. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest laurenced Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process I mean the power light and hard disc light. The fans spun up but the lights didnt come on, and the screen remained dark. "Unknown" wrote: > What are you referring to when you say 'the lights on the case'? > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... > > Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by > > clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the > > case > > did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. > > > > The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked > > in > > the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't > > interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which > > are > > helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) > > which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi > > support > > and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather > > than > > a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > >> One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you > >> exit > >> sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced > >> tab > >> you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error > >> so > >> you can trap the error. Post back. > >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > >> > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and > >> > the > >> > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > >> > from > >> > standby. > >> > > >> > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > >> > > >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard > >> >> to > >> >> allow coming out of standby. > >> >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > >> >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > >> >> > Thanks for your reply! > >> >> > > >> >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > >> >> > keyboard > >> >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as > >> >> > though > >> >> > it > >> >> > was > >> >> > shut down, not put into standby. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >> >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >> >> >> > Hi all > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro > >> >> >> > today, > >> >> >> > but > >> >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process > >> >> >> > successfully > >> >> >> > (it > >> >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start > >> >> >> > up > >> >> >> > the > >> >> >> > PC > >> >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering > >> >> >> > from > >> >> >> > Standby > >> >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious > >> >> >> > reason > >> >> >> > as > >> >> >> > to > >> >> >> > why. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest laurenced Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process I did think of this. I'm running 7.7 and the latest is 7.9, but surely a driver from ~2 months ago should support standby?! I'll upgrade to the newest one (I downgraded to 7.7 because I had some other problems with 7.9 but I'll upgrade again to see if it helps this problem. "Unknown" wrote: > Check ATi for an updated video driver?. > "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... > > Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by > > clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the > > case > > did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. > > > > The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked > > in > > the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't > > interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which > > are > > helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) > > which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi > > support > > and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather > > than > > a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > >> One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you > >> exit > >> sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced > >> tab > >> you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error > >> so > >> you can trap the error. Post back. > >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > >> > OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and > >> > the > >> > fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > >> > from > >> > standby. > >> > > >> > Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > >> > > >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard > >> >> to > >> >> allow coming out of standby. > >> >> Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > >> >> keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > >> >> > Thanks for your reply! > >> >> > > >> >> > It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > >> >> > keyboard > >> >> > hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as > >> >> > though > >> >> > it > >> >> > was > >> >> > shut down, not put into standby. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > "Unknown" wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >> >> >> "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> >> news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >> >> >> > Hi all > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro > >> >> >> > today, > >> >> >> > but > >> >> >> > when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process > >> >> >> > successfully > >> >> >> > (it > >> >> >> > goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start > >> >> >> > up > >> >> >> > the > >> >> >> > PC > >> >> >> > again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering > >> >> >> > from > >> >> >> > Standby > >> >> >> > mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious > >> >> >> > reason > >> >> >> > as > >> >> >> > to > >> >> >> > why. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Bob I Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process FWIW, you should use the ATI drivers that cause the fewest number of problems for you. I've had 2 ATI cards. The first one died years ago, and I battled it's replacement for 30 days, then gave up and took it back to the store because every single driver version I tried had one thing or another that wouldn't work properly. If I was paid by the hour to configure that thing, I could have bought several computers. laurenced wrote: > I did think of this. I'm running 7.7 and the latest is 7.9, but surely a > driver from ~2 months ago should support standby?! I'll upgrade to the > newest one (I downgraded to 7.7 because I had some other problems with 7.9 > but I'll upgrade again to see if it helps this problem. > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > >>Check ATi for an updated video driver?. >>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... >> >>>Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by >>>clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the >>>case >>>did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. >>> >>>The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked >>>in >>>the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't >>>interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which >>>are >>>helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) >>>which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi >>>support >>>and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather >>>than >>>a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. >>> >>>"Unknown" wrote: >>> >>> >>>>One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you >>>>exit >>>>sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced >>>>tab >>>>you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error >>>>so >>>>you can trap the error. Post back. >>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... >>>> >>>>>OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and >>>>>the >>>>>fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up >>>>>from >>>>>standby. >>>>> >>>>>Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) >>>>> >>>>>"Unknown" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard >>>>>>to >>>>>>allow coming out of standby. >>>>>>Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for >>>>>>keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. >>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... >>>>>> >>>>>>>Thanks for your reply! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the >>>>>>>keyboard >>>>>>>hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as >>>>>>>though >>>>>>>it >>>>>>>was >>>>>>>shut down, not put into standby. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>"Unknown" wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >>>>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Hi all >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro >>>>>>>>>today, >>>>>>>>>but >>>>>>>>>when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process >>>>>>>>>successfully >>>>>>>>>(it >>>>>>>>>goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start >>>>>>>>>up >>>>>>>>>the >>>>>>>>>PC >>>>>>>>>again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering >>>>>>>>>from >>>>>>>>>Standby >>>>>>>>>mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious >>>>>>>>>reason >>>>>>>>>as >>>>>>>>>to >>>>>>>>>why. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >>
Guest laurenced Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process Yep I've just realised what you said -- I tried to upgrade to 7.9 but lost DirectX and general desktop and video acceleration, then I downgraded to 7.8 and had patchy DirectX. Only 7.7 work properly. So updating the driver is no solution for me. Are there any other possibilities regarding standby, or should I just accept that S3 isn't something I can expect from my particular PC? "Bob I" wrote: > FWIW, you should use the ATI drivers that cause the fewest number of > problems for you. I've had 2 ATI cards. The first one died years ago, > and I battled it's replacement for 30 days, then gave up and took it > back to the store because every single driver version I tried had one > thing or another that wouldn't work properly. If I was paid by the hour > to configure that thing, I could have bought several computers. > > laurenced wrote: > > > I did think of this. I'm running 7.7 and the latest is 7.9, but surely a > > driver from ~2 months ago should support standby?! I'll upgrade to the > > newest one (I downgraded to 7.7 because I had some other problems with 7.9 > > but I'll upgrade again to see if it helps this problem. > > > > > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > > > >>Check ATi for an updated video driver?. > >>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... > >> > >>>Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby (by > >>>clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on the > >>>case > >>>did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. > >>> > >>>The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I looked > >>>in > >>>the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I can't > >>>interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer which > >>>are > >>>helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi driver) > >>>which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi > >>>support > >>>and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance rather > >>>than > >>>a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. > >>> > >>>"Unknown" wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you > >>>>exit > >>>>sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- advanced > >>>>tab > >>>>you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on error > >>>>so > >>>>you can trap the error. Post back. > >>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... > >>>> > >>>>>OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse and > >>>>>the > >>>>>fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking up > >>>>>from > >>>>>standby. > >>>>> > >>>>>Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) > >>>>> > >>>>>"Unknown" wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and keyboard > >>>>>>to > >>>>>>allow coming out of standby. > >>>>>>Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same for > >>>>>>keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. > >>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>>>>>news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>Thanks for your reply! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the > >>>>>>>keyboard > >>>>>>>hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as > >>>>>>>though > >>>>>>>it > >>>>>>>was > >>>>>>>shut down, not put into standby. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>"Unknown" wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? > >>>>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>>>>>>>news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Hi all > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro > >>>>>>>>>today, > >>>>>>>>>but > >>>>>>>>>when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process > >>>>>>>>>successfully > >>>>>>>>>(it > >>>>>>>>>goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I start > >>>>>>>>>up > >>>>>>>>>the > >>>>>>>>>PC > >>>>>>>>>again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering > >>>>>>>>>from > >>>>>>>>>Standby > >>>>>>>>>mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious > >>>>>>>>>reason > >>>>>>>>>as > >>>>>>>>>to > >>>>>>>>>why. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Resuming from Standby is a normal boot-up process If you search Google for 'suspend on ram', there are many found items. Perhaps you can find a solution there. "laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC2661DE-E4FC-4410-892F-82C2E1E441EB@microsoft.com... > Yep I've just realised what you said -- I tried to upgrade to 7.9 but lost > DirectX and general desktop and video acceleration, then I downgraded to > 7.8 > and had patchy DirectX. Only 7.7 work properly. So updating the driver > is > no solution for me. > > Are there any other possibilities regarding standby, or should I just > accept > that S3 isn't something I can expect from my particular PC? > > > "Bob I" wrote: > >> FWIW, you should use the ATI drivers that cause the fewest number of >> problems for you. I've had 2 ATI cards. The first one died years ago, >> and I battled it's replacement for 30 days, then gave up and took it >> back to the store because every single driver version I tried had one >> thing or another that wouldn't work properly. If I was paid by the hour >> to configure that thing, I could have bought several computers. >> >> laurenced wrote: >> >> > I did think of this. I'm running 7.7 and the latest is 7.9, but surely >> > a >> > driver from ~2 months ago should support standby?! I'll upgrade to the >> > newest one (I downgraded to 7.7 because I had some other problems with >> > 7.9 >> > but I'll upgrade again to see if it helps this problem. >> > >> > >> > >> > "Unknown" wrote: >> > >> > >> >>Check ATi for an updated video driver?. >> >>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >>news:7346E9CA-8789-4C08-8DEE-DCC57A7C502B@microsoft.com... >> >> >> >>>Okay, I did what you said, and when waking the machine up from Standby >> >>>(by >> >>>clicking the mouse) the screen just stayed blank, and the lights on >> >>>the >> >>>case >> >>>did not light up. So basically there was a system failure. >> >>> >> >>>The question to answer now is, what is it and how do I fix it? I >> >>>looked >> >>>in >> >>>the dumps in Windows/Minidump but they are full of gibberish and I >> >>>can't >> >>>interpret them whatsoever. There are no events in the Event Viewer >> >>>which >> >>>are >> >>>helpful, except potentially one -- I get an error in ati2mtag (ATi >> >>>driver) >> >>>which says 'CRT invalid display type'. I looked this error up on ATi >> >>>support >> >>>and they say it doesn't affect anything and is just an annoyance >> >>>rather >> >>>than >> >>>a real bug. Apart from this there is nothing out of the ordinary. >> >>> >> >>>"Unknown" wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>One thing comes to mind. Perhaps you have an error occurring when you >> >>>>exit >> >>>>sleep mode. That would cause a reboot if in system properties-- >> >>>>advanced >> >>>>tab >> >>>>you are set to reboot on error. If so, remove the X from reboot on >> >>>>error >> >>>>so >> >>>>you can trap the error. Post back. >> >>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >>>>news:41401C82-09A4-4E41-804C-5DE8F38CED97@microsoft.com... >> >>>> >> >>>>>OK I tried that, but the problem is the same -- clicked the mouse >> >>>>>and >> >>>>>the >> >>>>>fans etc spun up, but windows booted from scratch rather than waking >> >>>>>up >> >>>>>from >> >>>>>standby. >> >>>>> >> >>>>>Any other ideas? Your help is much appreciated :) >> >>>>> >> >>>>>"Unknown" wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>>Don't use the F1 key or the power button. Set the mouse and >> >>>>>>keyboard >> >>>>>>to >> >>>>>>allow coming out of standby. >> >>>>>>Go to mouse---hardware---properties--power management. Do the same >> >>>>>>for >> >>>>>>keyboard---hardware--properties---power management. >> >>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>>news:42ADBBCE-EB63-4939-9A32-629C22A6628F@microsoft.com... >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>>Thanks for your reply! >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>It doesn't matter -- either pressing the power button or using the >> >>>>>>>keyboard >> >>>>>>>hotkey (Ctrl-F1) has the same effect -- the machine boots up as >> >>>>>>>though >> >>>>>>>it >> >>>>>>>was >> >>>>>>>shut down, not put into standby. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>"Unknown" wrote: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>How are you starting up your system after it has been in standby? >> >>>>>>>>"laurenced" <laurenced@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> >>>>>>>>message >> >>>>>>>>news:20868800-73C3-4583-ACD0-3D6163CFFBE2@microsoft.com... >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>Hi all >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>I enabled S3 (Suspend to RAM) in my BIOS and reinstalled XP Pro >> >>>>>>>>>today, >> >>>>>>>>>but >> >>>>>>>>>when I go into Standby it appears to complete the process >> >>>>>>>>>successfully >> >>>>>>>>>(it >> >>>>>>>>>goes off within ~5 seconds) but more often than not, when I >> >>>>>>>>>start >> >>>>>>>>>up >> >>>>>>>>>the >> >>>>>>>>>PC >> >>>>>>>>>again, it loads up Windows from scratch rather than recovering >> >>>>>>>>>from >> >>>>>>>>>Standby >> >>>>>>>>>mode. A few times it has resumed correctly, but with no obvious >> >>>>>>>>>reason >> >>>>>>>>>as >> >>>>>>>>>to >> >>>>>>>>>why. >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>I've no idea what the problem is and it's really frustrating :( >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>Anyone have any ideas? Help much appreciated! >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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