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re: XP Standby Failure Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:57 am Posted by Michelle (417 messages posted) Check 3 things. First...make sure you have the latest BIOS revision from Dell (http://support.dell.com\filelib). Second..make sure you are using ACPI Power management. Third...Make sure all your drivers are ACPI compliant (get the latest ones for XP also from Dell). If any drivers are not ACPI compliant, Standby and Hibernate functions may not work properly. Also...do you have any USB devices connected or Palm Pilot software installed. These use an active connection (constantly polling ports) and will cause problems. On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:50 am, Rob wrote: >The computer gos into standby, but when you try to get it out of standby, it restarts. > >Any Reasons? > >XP Professional >Dell 8100 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP Standby Failure Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm Posted by Rob (4 messages posted) Everything is updated as far as i know. I updated to A09, updated everything there was to. When i do try to get it to come out of standby, the activity light comes on for about 10 seconds, then it restarts. With win2k i had some problems with standby also, but fixed its self after i reinstalled it. I guess i have to hope this solves itself the same way because there seems to be no reason for this to be happening. Another strange thing i noticed with XP is that when i dont use the computer for about 10-15 minutes, there is alot of activity going on (no apps running). Im not sure what could be causing it, but in the processes list, the "System Idle Process" is using 97-99 of CPU. But when i look under Performance, it doesnt agree with what its saying, only 4% of CPU usage. On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:57 am, hollowchick wrote: >Check 3 things. First...make sure you have the latest BIOS revision from Dell (http://support.dell.com\filelib). > Second..make sure you are using ACPI Power management. Third...Make sure all your >drivers are ACPI compliant (get the latest ones for XP also from Dell). If any drivers >are not ACPI compliant, Standby and Hibernate functions may not work properly. Also...do >you have any USB devices connected or Palm Pilot software installed. These use an >active connection (constantly polling ports) and will cause problems. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:50 am, Rob wrote: >The computer gos into standby, but when you try to get it out of standby, it restarts. > >Any Reasons? > >XP Professional >Dell 8100 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP Standby Failure Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:51 pm Posted by Michelle (417 messages posted) It is probably your antivirus software. Disable the TSR from running in the background and see if it fixes the problem. If so, check the manufacturer's website for a fix or patch. On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm, Rob wrote: >Everything is updated as far as i know. I updated to A09, updated everything there >was to. When i do try to get it to come out of standby, the activity light comes >on for about 10 seconds, then it restarts. With win2k i had some problems with standby >also, but fixed its self after i reinstalled it. I guess i have to hope this solves >itself the same way because there seems to be no reason for this to be happening. > Another strange thing i noticed with XP is that when i dont use the computer for >about 10-15 minutes, there is alot of activity going on (no apps running). Im not >sure what could be causing it, but in the processes list, the "System Idle Process" >is using 97-99 of CPU. But when i look under Performance, it doesnt agree with what >its saying, only 4% of CPU usage. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:57 am, hollowchick wrote: >Check 3 things. First...make sure you have the latest BIOS revision from Dell (http://support.dell.com\filelib). > Second..make sure you are using ACPI Power management. Third...Make sure all your >drivers are ACPI compliant (get the latest ones for XP also from Dell). If any >drivers >are not ACPI compliant, Standby and Hibernate functions may not work properly. >Also...do >you have any USB devices connected or Palm Pilot software installed. These use >an >active connection (constantly polling ports) and will cause problems. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:50 am, Rob wrote: >The computer gos into standby, but when you try to get it out of standby, it restarts. > >Any Reasons? > >XP Professional >Dell 8100 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP Standby Failure Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 2:01 pm Posted by Rob (4 messages posted) I currently have no antivirus software installed. TSR? Yeah i checked dell for updates and what not, none *yet* but im sure there will be some soon unless its just me. thanks for your help btw On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:51 pm, hollowchick wrote: >It is probably your antivirus software. Disable the TSR from running in the background >and see if it fixes the problem. If so, check the manufacturer's website for a fix >or patch. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm, Rob wrote: >Everything is updated as far as i know. I updated to A09, updated everything there >was to. When i do try to get it to come out of standby, the activity light comes >on for about 10 seconds, then it restarts. With win2k i had some problems with >standby >also, but fixed its self after i reinstalled it. I guess i have to hope this solves >itself the same way because there seems to be no reason for this to be happening. > Another strange thing i noticed with XP is that when i dont use the computer for >about 10-15 minutes, there is alot of activity going on (no apps running). Im not >sure what could be causing it, but in the processes list, the "System Idle Process" >is using 97-99 of CPU. But when i look under Performance, it doesnt agree with >what >its saying, only 4% of CPU usage. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:57 am, hollowchick wrote: >Check 3 things. First...make sure you have the latest BIOS revision from Dell (http://support.dell.com\filelib). > > Second..make sure you are using ACPI Power management. Third...Make sure all your > >drivers are ACPI compliant (get the latest ones for XP also from Dell). If any >drivers >are not ACPI compliant, Standby and Hibernate functions may not work properly. >Also...do >you have any USB devices connected or Palm Pilot software installed. These use >an >active connection (constantly polling ports) and will cause problems. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:50 am, Rob wrote: >The computer gos into standby, but when you try to get it out of standby, it restarts. > >Any Reasons? > >XP Professional >Dell 8100 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP Standby Failure Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 5:52 am Posted by TonyW (27 messages posted) See another message and its reply, but ... Check under Scheduled Tasks, there was something tagged to run every 10 minutes on my system when running XP Pro beta - something to do with the restore feature. On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 2:01 pm, Rob wrote: >I currently have no antivirus software installed. TSR? Yeah i checked dell for >updates and what not, none *yet* but im sure there will be some soon unless its just >me. thanks for your help btw > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:51 pm, hollowchick wrote: >It is probably your antivirus software. Disable the TSR from running in the background >and see if it fixes the problem. If so, check the manufacturer's website for a >fix >or patch. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm, Rob wrote: >Everything is updated as far as i know. I updated to A09, updated everything there > >was to. When i do try to get it to come out of standby, the activity light comes > >on for about 10 seconds, then it restarts. With win2k i had some problems with >standby >also, but fixed its self after i reinstalled it. I guess i have to hope this solves > >itself the same way because there seems to be no reason for this to be happening. > > Another strange thing i noticed with XP is that when i dont use the computer for > >about 10-15 minutes, there is alot of activity going on (no apps running). Im not > >sure what could be causing it, but in the processes list, the "System Idle Process" > >is using 97-99 of CPU. But when i look under Performance, it doesnt agree with >what >its saying, only 4% of CPU usage. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:57 am, hollowchick wrote: >Check 3 things. First...make sure you have the latest BIOS revision from Dell (http://support.dell.com\filelib). > > Second..make sure you are using ACPI Power management. Third...Make sure all your > >drivers are ACPI compliant (get the latest ones for XP also from Dell). If any > >drivers >are not ACPI compliant, Standby and Hibernate functions may not work properly. > >Also...do >you have any USB devices connected or Palm Pilot software installed. These use > >an >active connection (constantly polling ports) and will cause problems. > > >On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:50 am, Rob wrote: >The computer gos into standby, but when you try to get it out of standby, it restarts. > >Any Reasons? > >XP Professional >Dell 8100 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum