Standby in XP Pro

[Smirnoff]

XP Pro, SP3, MSE, Dell Dimension 3000 desktop

Thought I'd do my bit at saving energy and have a look at the standby option
in XP Pro.

Closed programmes and clicked standby button. Screen said something like
"entering standby mode", then monitor went blank and monitor light changed
from green to orange.

Hard drive light began a steadily blinking.

However, after about 10 seconds it booted up again with lights briefly
showing on my DVD and Floppy drives.

After a few minutes it powered down again for about 10 seconds, the
re-booted and this behaviour kept on repeating. While this was going on, my
monitor remained in standby mode.

Looked at MS troubleshooting info and confirmed I have ACPI. I also tried
disconnecting my USB printer. Same problem. I then disabled my BT Auto
Backup program thinking that it was this that was causing the HD to kick in
but behaviour continues.

I'm assuming that the HD light should remain blinking whilst in standby
mode, is this correct?

As far as I know all my drivers are up to date. Any ideas?

 

[BillW50]

In Smirnoff typed on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:42 -0000:
[...]

I'm assuming that the HD light should remain blinking whilst in
standby mode, is this correct?

No! Power light blinks, yes! But not the drive light. Something is
telling it to come out of standby. Mouse movement, network connection,
driver, application, or something.

 

[HeyBub]

XP Pro, SP3, MSE, Dell Dimension 3000 desktop

Thought I'd do my bit at saving energy and have a look at the standby
option in XP Pro.

Closed programmes and clicked standby button. Screen said something
like "entering standby mode", then monitor went blank and monitor
light changed from green to orange.

Hard drive light began a steadily blinking.

However, after about 10 seconds it booted up again with lights briefly
showing on my DVD and Floppy drives.

After a few minutes it powered down again for about 10 seconds, the
re-booted and this behaviour kept on repeating. While this was going
on, my monitor remained in standby mode.

Looked at MS troubleshooting info and confirmed I have ACPI. I also
tried disconnecting my USB printer. Same problem. I then disabled my
BT Auto Backup program thinking that it was this that was causing the
HD to kick in but behaviour continues.

I'm assuming that the HD light should remain blinking whilst in
standby mode, is this correct?

As far as I know all my drivers are up to date. Any ideas?

Don't "Standby." "Hibernate" instead. Hibernate shuts down everything.

 

[Smirnoff]

In Smirnoff typed on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:42 -0000:
[...]

I'm assuming that the HD light should remain blinking whilst in
standby mode, is this correct?

No! Power light blinks, yes! But not the drive light. Something is telling
it to come out of standby. Mouse movement, network connection, driver,
application, or something.

You're right, I meant to say Power Light.

I have no USB devices connected and the only "real time" program running is
MSE.

Network is via BT Hub connected by ethernet cable.

What's causing it to come out of standby escapes me.

Will try HeyBub's advice and select hibernate instead.