Posted March 31, 201014 yr Char Jackson wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:18:07 +0100, Seasidepeter > wrote: > >> I've finally managed to track down the reason my Win7 won't >> automatically go into sleep mode: it's the sound card. ANY sound card. >> >> I've tested exhaustively, switching between onboard (via) and two >> different other cards, one soundblaster internal, one usb external. When >> the soundcard- any of them - is disabled, windows goes properly to >> sleep. When it's enabled, only the monitor goes off. >> >> What the hell is that all about? >> Any ideas what might cure it? > > I don't have a useful answer, but I have to ask..."sound card"?? I see > a lot of systems of varying age come through the shop, but I can't > remember the last time I saw a system with a discrete sound card. What > a flashback to the 90's. :-) > > Anyway, I hope you get it sorted out. I have a feeling the sound card > is using interrupt registers that aren't 7-friendly. (I just made that > up.) > Yes, it's probably something obscure like interrupts...beyond me, anyway. As to why a soundcard - I'm a classical music fan, and get much better quality playback through my Xonar than through the onboard sound. Sadly, the pc won't sleep with the Xonar in either....
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