Write a macro for sleep

[Giles]

I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually traced
the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio, includes
a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with sleep.
Great.)

I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control Panel
and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC to
sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it up.

Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the sleep
button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud cuckoo
land?

 

[Rich]

I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually
traced
the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio,
includes
a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with
sleep.
Great.)

I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control
Panel
and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC
to
sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it
up.

Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the
sleep
button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud
cuckoo
land?

Just buy another audio card and the problems goes away! There cheap these
days.

 

[Bob]

Create a desktop shortcut "rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0"
without the quotes.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...shutdown-restart-lock-icons-in-windows-vista/

 

[JEWboy]

keep checking manufacturer for updated driver once/month so one day you
won't have to disable it for each sleep.
Why M-Audio, I hate them!

 

[Giles]

Bob,

Thanks, that looks promising - and great to know even if it turns out not to
resolve the sleep issue.

Giles.

 

[Giles]

I guess I shall keep a regular check, but to me it sounds as if M-Audio has
decided it's not interested in the issue.

Why did I choose them? Fair question. I looked around various music
production forums and their card seemed to be rated highly for its
performance at a reasonable price (around £100). With the benefit of knowing
what I now know about its interference with sleep mode I might have made a
different choice...