Hi all,

My dell poweredge 400sc is using Intel Pro 1000MT Network card.

I amusing Windows XP Pro.

Here is my sad story. Is there a way that I can avoid changing my NIC card
to fix the problem?

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I feel this is annoying. After being sent to standby and the fan rest for 2
seconds, the Poweredge400sc automatically restart(reboot to logon screen):
everything else is
working, only the monitor was shutdown.

By moving the mouse a little bit or hit a key on the keyboard, the monitor
can be turned on, and it shows a log-on-enter-user-password screen...

That's on!

It only sleeps for 2 seconds then everything was back on: fan, CPU,
harddisk, etc.

What is the problem?

FYI, I have done the following debugging:

1. I downloaded a dumppro.exe, and did in command line:

dumppro admin minsleep=s3

2. I downloaded ATI Rage XL new drivers, so it does not prevent me from
going standby now...

3. I updated the Flash BIOS to version A09, I think it is the newest...

4. I set the NIC to be allowing remote wake-up on LAN.

5. I set in the BIOS the suspend mode to be S3, and the low power mode to be
off(so I can remotely wake it up on LAN from hibernation or off, but that's
another issue. I now want standby first,... sleep first, wakeup that's a
later issue...)

6. I set in the BIOS WAKE-UP-REMOTELY to be ON.

That's all I've tried...

Still not able to go standby fully...

What's wrong?

I began my plug and unplug experiemnts.

And finally pinpointed out that when the LAN cable is connected,

it is always woken up after 2 seconds;

when the LAN cable is off,

it is OK with no problem.

So now the problem is the LAN adaptor card...

"Disconnecting" LAN is not a good choice because I rely on being able to do
Wake-UP-on-Lan

later on remotely...

Where does this mysterious wake-up signal come from?

networm wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My dell poweredge 400sc is using Intel Pro 1000MT Network card.
>
> I amusing Windows XP Pro.
>
> Here is my sad story. Is there a way that I can avoid changing my NIC
> card to fix the problem?
>
> -----------------
>
> I feel this is annoying. After being sent to standby and the fan rest
> for 2 seconds, the Poweredge400sc automatically restart(reboot to
> logon screen): everything else is
> working, only the monitor was shutdown.
>
> By moving the mouse a little bit or hit a key on the keyboard, the
> monitor can be turned on, and it shows a log-on-enter-user-password
> screen...
>
> That's on!
>
> It only sleeps for 2 seconds then everything was back on: fan, CPU,
> harddisk, etc.
>
> What is the problem?
>
> FYI, I have done the following debugging:
>
> 1. I downloaded a dumppro.exe, and did in command line:
>
> dumppro admin minsleep=s3
>
> 2. I downloaded ATI Rage XL new drivers, so it does not prevent me
> from going standby now...
>
> 3. I updated the Flash BIOS to version A09, I think it is the
> newest...
>
> 4. I set the NIC to be allowing remote wake-up on LAN.
>
> 5. I set in the BIOS the suspend mode to be S3, and the low power mode
> to be off(so I can remotely wake it up on LAN from hibernation or off,
> but that's another issue. I now want standby first,... sleep first,
> wakeup that's a later issue...)
>
> 6. I set in the BIOS WAKE-UP-REMOTELY to be ON.
>
> That's all I've tried...
>
> Still not able to go standby fully...
>
> What's wrong?
>
> I began my plug and unplug experiemnts.
>
> And finally pinpointed out that when the LAN cable is connected,
>
> it is always woken up after 2 seconds;
>
> when the LAN cable is off,
>
> it is OK with no problem.
>
> So now the problem is the LAN adaptor card...
>
> "Disconnecting" LAN is not a good choice because I rely on being able
> to do Wake-UP-on-Lan
>
> later on remotely...
>
> Where does this mysterious wake-up signal come from?

The correct place to ask this question is Dell tech support for your
server. The 400SC is a great machine - I'm using one as my desktop now.
But it was designed as a server and servers don't go into standby.
Either swap out your NIC or contact Dell tech support for a workaround.
This is not a Windows issue.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi all,

I am using a Toshiba M4 Tablet PC and it has an nasty problem on its
standby. Every time I open the lid to resume from standby, it mysteriously
shutdown.

I tried to reinstall the OS and make it minimallly loaded in terms
memory/harddisk/battery... It was good for a while. For quite a few days I
had only two mysterious shutdown. From this we can see this is a problem
with XP Tablet PC Version. I looked into the Internet but it seems that
there is no workaround in this XP version. Everybody seems to complain about
hibernation/standby problems everywhere.

At least before yesterday everything was acceptable to me.

But today I upgrade RAM to 1.5GB. Now these standby problems occur
frequently. There is a known bug with XP Tablet PC version that it does not
do well in tablet PCs with 1.5GB RAM...

There is no workaround...

But I have to deal with my own problem: mysteriously shutdown.

Every time when it resumes from standby, it mysteriously shutdown. This
basically makes "mobility" and "productivity" a far-away dream...

So I want to ask: how can I intervene the shutdown process and stop it from
happening? Can I have a computer that never shuts down?

Thanks a lot!

have you tried to set the power options?


"networm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
>
> I am using a Toshiba M4 Tablet PC and it has an nasty problem on its
> standby. Every time I open the lid to resume from standby, it mysteriously
> shutdown.
>
> I tried to reinstall the OS and make it minimallly loaded in terms
> memory/harddisk/battery... It was good for a while. For quite a few days
> I had only two mysterious shutdown. From this we can see this is a problem
> with XP Tablet PC Version. I looked into the Internet but it seems that
> there is no workaround in this XP version. Everybody seems to complain
> about hibernation/standby problems everywhere.
>
> At least before yesterday everything was acceptable to me.
>
> But today I upgrade RAM to 1.5GB. Now these standby problems occur
> frequently. There is a known bug with XP Tablet PC version that it does
> not do well in tablet PCs with 1.5GB RAM...
>
> There is no workaround...
>
> But I have to deal with my own problem: mysteriously shutdown.
>
> Every time when it resumes from standby, it mysteriously shutdown. This
> basically makes "mobility" and "productivity" a far-away dream...
>
> So I want to ask: how can I intervene the shutdown process and stop it
> from happening? Can I have a computer that never shuts down?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>