My computer won't standby or hibernate

[Rusty]

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6 hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Ring0]

Hi Rusty,

Have you recently changed your screen saver? Try setting it to a simple one - not any fancy openGL ones.

It would be a good idea to delete the hidden file hiberfile.sys on your system volume, then give the command chkdsk C: /f in a command prompt to check your disk on the next re-boot.

Make sure you have more than 1 GB free space available on your system drive. (With a 160 - I suppose you do have...

Cheers,

Ring0


http://mymessagetaker.com


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Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6 hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Rusty]

Thanks for the reply.
Hiberfile.sys does not come up on a search. My folder options are set to display hidden and system files. I will run a chkdsk. Next, I'll unhook the internet connection and shut down Norton and see if it works. Any other ideas are welcome.
Hi Rusty,

Have you recently changed your screen saver? Try setting it to a simple one - not any fancy openGL ones.

It would be a good idea to delete the hidden file hiberfile.sys on your system volume, then give the command chkdsk C: /f in a command prompt to check your disk on the next re-boot.

Make sure you have more than 1 GB free space available on your system drive. (With a 160 - I suppose you do have...

Cheers,

Ring0


http://mymessagetaker.com


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KeBugCheck(42);
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6 hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[mikeyhsd]

do you use wireless/usb mouse/keyboard. they are known to cause problems.
ati video drivers caused this problem at one time.
have you checked for newer drivers for your hardware.



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Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6 hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Rusty]

Chkdsk turned up no problems, and I have neither of those wireless or usb devices. I use an optical mouse, but it's not new in relation to this problem. I have an ATI video driver. Never changed it, but I'll check for new versions anyway. Earlier, someone mentioned free HD space, of which, I have 54GB.

do you use wireless/usb mouse/keyboard. they are known to cause problems.
ati video drivers caused this problem at one time.
have you checked for newer drivers for your hardware.



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Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6 hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Poprivet]

Chkdsk turned up no problems, and I have neither of those wireless or
usb devices. I use an optical mouse, but it's not new in relation to
this problem. I have an ATI video driver. Never changed it, but
I'll check for new versions anyway. Earlier, someone mentioned free
HD space, of which, I have 54GB.

do you use wireless/usb mouse/keyboard. they are known to cause
problems.
ati video drivers caused this problem at one time.
have you checked for newer drivers for your hardware.


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Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
2.2GHz Athlon
160 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Recently my computer won't go into standby. I have it set to turn
off the
monitor and HD in 1 hour, standby in 3 hours, and hibernate in 6
hours. It
will turn off the monitor, but won't go into standby. I re-applied
all of
the above settings but still no go.
I figured some program was keeping it awake, so I checked task
manager (I
use Sysinternals Process Explorer), and the same 30 processes as
always are
running. 5 of these are Symantec, which was my first suspect, but
all
seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

54 Gig free of 160 total should be fine. Hibernate cares about disk space,
but Standby does not. So I doubt that's an issue.

HTH
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