Hibernation function not working

[Mark D.]

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with a P4 and 2 gb of RAM, running Windows XP
home edition, SP3.

I have tried using the hibernate function but it does not respond. I have
gone into the power options settings and confirmed that hibernate mode is
enabled. Yet when I try to put my machine into a state of hibernation, it
does nothing (I'm using the Start/Turn Off Computer/<shift> Hibernate
function.

Thanks to the community in advance for any suggestions or advice. It's
appreciated...

Mark

 

[Leonard Grey]

This article may apply in your case:

"Hibernation problem on computers with 1 GB of RAM"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330909

It's unlikely that you're running an old version of Nero, but that is
also known to prevent Hibernation.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

 

[Mark D.]

Thanks Leonard for your input. Unfortunately, this article does not apply to
my machine since I mistakenly stated that I was running 1 GB of ram when, in
fact, I have 2 GB of ram.

I'm looking into the possiblity of updating the BIOS....

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Leonard Grey]

The article does not apply to 'exactly' 1GB of RAM. Obviously, a
computer with 2GB of RAM also has 1GB of RAM. But you're welcome anyway.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp