Two lingering problems with my Win2K.

[Guest Robbie Hatley]

"someone watching" wrote:

 

 

> I think the 'sleep' issue you brought up is an age long one

 

> and I've never seen 'one specific' cause!

 

 

 

I just stumbled across something that gave me an idea,

 

though:

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface

 

 

 

S1: All processor caches are flushed, and the CPU(s) stop

 

executing instructions. Power to the CPU(s) and RAM

 

is maintained devices that do not indicate they must

 

remain on may be powered down.

 

S2: CPU powered off

 

S3: Commonly referred to as Standby, Sleep, or Suspend to RAM.

 

RAM remains powered

 

S4: Hibernation or Suspend to disk. All content of main memory

 

is saved to non-volatile memory such as a hard drive, and

 

is powered down.

 

 

 

My BIOS has two options for "Suspend To": "S1" and "S3".

 

Up until now, I had it set to "S3", because I had no idea

 

what either option really meant. But now that I see that

 

S3 powers down the CPU, while S1 doesn't, I'll set it to

 

S1. That should make "waking up" easier, since the

 

computer will be less deeply asleep.

 

 

> For both issues the typical, 'do you have a driver conflict',

 

> comes to mind! ...

 

 

 

Maybe. But I've installed / uninstalled / changed various

 

peripherals a lot over the years, and yet these two nagging

 

problems have remained about the same.

 

 

> ... event logs ...

 

 

 

The last recorded events are immediately prior to shut-down,

 

and if "wake" fails, no events at all are recorded at the

 

time of the failed "wake" attempt. Video remains black,

 

system doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse, and Num-Lock and

 

Cap-Lock LEDs do not react to Num-Lock and Cap-Lock keys.

 

 

> ... hibernating ...

 

 

 

I've never been able to get that to work. Possibly whatever

 

is screwing up "Standby" is also screwing up "hibernate".

 

 

 

But I'll see what happens with "suspend to" set to S1.

 

Hopefully that will make Standby more reliable.

 

 

 

--

 

Cheers,

 

Robbie Hatley

 

lonewolf at well dot com

 

www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant