Thread: Power Mis-management

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    Hello,

    I seem to be having a problem with power management on my computer, in that I can put it in standby but can't resume from it (The computer appears to respond but displays a blank screen).

    I've tried changing from the GeForce3 driver back to VGA, disabling my network card and playing with my BIOS power settings but to no avail. Would the Soundblaster Live! be the root of my problems? There isn't a Suspend option present in my Windows 98 Second Edition Start Menu, but if the computer couldn't do it why the options for it in the Control Panel?

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    I'm aware of the problems with the standby mode in various
    computers, And i think the reason is because in Win98's time
    few pc's (i think) could do this and so it hasn't been tested
    extensvly, Solution: New windows? Windows update? Dont use
    it

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    Have u tried pressing the spacebar? My pc sticks in standby until i hit the SB like 5 billion times.

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    Originally posted by RoD
    My pc sticks in standby until i hit the SB like 5 billion times.
    , Right.... That's not really supposed to happen.

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    I have the same problem but I run XP. Screen just stays black. Though one good thing about XP is the following. I have this really dumb 'power' key on my keyboard, right next to the 'delete' key. So under Win98 I would be typing away, miss the delete key, and POW, computer shuts down. Fortunately XP provides the ability to have the OS ask you first if you actually want to shut down.

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    XP should have no problems in the standby function, I suggest
    a videocard update or update XP to service pack 1.

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    >>XP should have no problems in the standby function, I suggest
    a videocard update or update XP to service pack 1.<<

    Well I have a GeForce 4 with the latest drivers as of about 3 weeks ago and I have updated to service pack 1.

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    The problem started to occur as soon as you had a GeForce4?

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    In all honesty I can't remember. I wouldn't worry about it. If I am away from the PC for a while or I intentionally put it into standby I always save my work and close my apps anyway so if I have to reboot then nothing gets lost.

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    Same problem with me. As soon as I upgraded to a PNY GeForce 4 Ti 4200 my computer has not been able to go into stanby (on XP). I've formatted/re-installed XP, updated drivers, etc.. etc... and still I can't go into standby.

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    i love my ati :P

    Anyone else use hibernate? Works rlly well but after a few months of constant hibernating it seems to get crappy performance wise...

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    Originally posted by RoD
    Anyone else use hibernate?
    Naah, Why should you? You really ain't going to see difference
    in your energy bill.

    i love my ati
    Where's the soap?

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    Originally posted by RoD
    Anyone else use hibernate? Works rlly well but after a few months of constant hibernating it seems to get crappy performance wise...
    Nah, the one thing I liked about standby was the fact it resumed pretty quickly. With hibernate the more RAM you have, the longer it takes to boot. I may have "only" 512 megs, but it takes nearly as long to come out of hibernate as it does to do a proper boot up!

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    i use 512 and i love it. I don't use it to save energy, but so i don't have to close my apps :P

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