My computers can't sleep

2010-04-11 16:30:20

#1

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

I have this pretty old laptop, a Dell inspiron 6000 with windows XP, that I recently reformatted. Used to be if I closed it it would immediately go into sleep mode, and if I opened it it would instantly wake up again. Now when I close it, it stays on, the screen goes off, and it doesn't wake up when I open it again.

My main PC, windows 7, also doesn't wake up from sleep if I select S3 mode in the BIOS, and doesnt turn off the fans if I select S1 mode.

I've done a research but I can't figure it out

2010-04-11 16:34:51

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

graphics drivers updated?

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2010-04-11 16:35:49

#3

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

yeah on both

2010-04-11 16:40:54

#4

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6886|UK

I presume you've played with these settings? I cannot recall if XP has similar settings.

My old PC never used to go to sleep properly - the fans and case LEDs would stay on. I then upgraded from XP to Vista and it started working.

2010-04-11 16:44:10

#5

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

on XP my only option for when I close the lid is to do nothing

2010-04-11 16:46:35

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

If windows doesn't allow you to select "go to sleep" that's usually because the GPU drivers are wrong. Now I'm stumped

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2010-04-11 16:55:13

#7

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

I downloaded the wrong video drivers for my laptop from Dell's website, I got the right ones elsewhere and it works now

My PC still won't wake up from sleep mode even though I'm using catalyst 10.3 and have had this problem on all the previous versions too

2010-04-11 17:25:08

#8

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6891

sing a lullaby

2010-04-11 21:21:31

#9

Engineer_Fox: Has a horse outside; +48|5442|Hague City Firm - Holland

I also have W7 on my PC, after half an hour has passed with no activity, it goes to sleep and when I press a button, it wakes up.

I havent changed the settings on it, since I installed it and it looks like this on my PC, don't know if it helps?

https://www.plaatjesupload.nl/bekijk/2010/04/12/1271038004-690.png

2010-04-12 04:25:04

#10

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6640|the land of bourbon

i never understood why that function even exists. does it really take that much longer to cold boot?

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36e1d9e36ae924048a933db90fb05bb247fe315e.png

2010-04-12 06:09:38

#11

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6886|UK

steelie34 wrote:
i never understood why that function even exists. does it really take that much longer to cold boot?

When the computer's in sleep mode:

- Press power button to turn on, or open laptop lid
- Wait 1 second
- Enter password
- Start using computer

No wait time at all. And on my PC all I have to do is move my mouse, that wakes it up.

2010-04-12 06:55:07

#12

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6698|Brisbane, Australia

liquidat0r wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
i never understood why that function even exists. does it really take that much longer to cold boot?
When the computer's in sleep mode:

- Press power button to turn on, or open laptop lid
- Wait 1 second
- Enter password
- Start using computer

No wait time at all. And on my PC all I have to do is move my mouse, that wakes it up.

Mhmm. Also, it doesnt seem to check the activation countdown. Mine has been on 2 days for about 2 weeks.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2010-04-12 09:28:39

#13

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

steelie34 wrote:
i never understood why that function even exists. does it really take that much longer to cold boot?

cold boot, 1-1,5 minutes until you're completely ready
resume from standby, a second or two if you turn off having to enter password/login again

I upgraded my ud3r's bios, despite using the exact same settings it works now.

2010-04-12 09:49:25

#14

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6840|SE London

steelie34 wrote:
i never understood why that function even exists. does it really take that much longer to cold boot?

It is nice being able to power your computer on when you're lying in bed, in just a few seconds, with a click of your wireless mouse....

2010-04-12 10:20:14

#15

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6912

Yeah I find myself reaching for my laptop before I even get out of bed, considering it only takes a second to resume from standby anyway

2010-04-13 04:59:28

#16

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6640|the land of bourbon

my computer only takes about 25 seconds to boot up. personally i just never use the sleep function. idk why i just never liked it

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