Loss of Standby - COuld It be Hardware Failure?

[Jim]

I've tried everything mentioned in several threads in the past
regarding loss of standby and have found no solutions to the loss of
standby (greyed out button, keyboard hot key does nothing) which
occurred several months ago. it seems to leave only the conclusion of
an actual hardware failure. The question is...is there an ietm of
hardware that could fail and only cause standby problems?

Jim

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The lack of a Standby button indicates you are using XP's
generic VGA drivers.

Your video adapter drivers probably need to be reinstalled.
Visit the support web site of the manufacturer of your video
card adapter and download the latest drivers.

Before installing them, uninstall the old drivers. In your
Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs applet
and look for your video drivers to uninstall.

If you happen to have a notebook computer, visit the notebook
manufacturer's support website to download the correct video
adapter drivers for your specific notebook model.

After installing a fresh set of drivers, right-click on your
desktop and select Properties > Settings, change the Color
Quality to "Highest (32 bit), then adjust your Screen Resolution
to your liking, then click on Apply.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I've tried everything mentioned in several threads in the past
| regarding loss of standby and have found no solutions to the loss of
| standby (greyed out button, keyboard hot key does nothing) which
| occurred several months ago. it seems to leave only the conclusion of
| an actual hardware failure. The question is...is there an ietm of
| hardware that could fail and only cause standby problems?
|
| Jim

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If a piece of hardware failed, you would have bigger problems. Two things
cause the problem you are having. One is the lack of a proper supporting
driver for one or more pieces of hardware on the system. The other is a
software conflict (could be that a resident program does not support that
function).

A common mistake with the system drivers is to rely on the XP default
drivers. Very often, they only provide for basic operating functionality of
the device, but do not support other features. The solution is to update all
drivers (display, keyboard, mouse, nic, motherboard, etc.) with recent
releases from the device manufacturer (not Windows Update), however this is
no guarantee it will work either. Sometimes, the mix of hardware on any
given unit will just not mesh together well enough for standby to function.

A software problem can be difficult to detect. Basically, these are best
caught when the software is initially installed. Months later it can be
tough to isolate. It could be one program, or a combination of them causing
a conflict, there is no exact answer.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org