How to suspend XP without exiting window?
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From: Jose on 6 Apr 2010 11:23 On Apr 6, 9:23 am, Eric <E...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Could you please tell me how to wake XP up? I am using USB wireless keyboard > and mouse, and try click any button on keyboard, which does not work. > I need to push power button to wake XP up. > Do you have any suggestions? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric > > "John John - MVP" wrote: > > > > > You'll have to hibernate the machine. > > > John > > > Eric wrote: > > > For XP with SP3, I have tried sleep mode, but the fan and power for my PC are > > > still on, I would like to suspend XP, which the fan and power will be off. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to suspend XP without exiting window? > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > > > Eric > > . Part of the correct answer depends on of you want to wake XP up from Hibernation or Stand By. Another part of the correct answer depends on your yet to be provided system information. Did msinfo32 not work for you? The final part of the correct answer may depend on this new information about your wireless accessories. What kind of wireless KB and mouse are you using? Pushing the power button may be perfectly normal for what you are doing and your system configuration - none of which we are sure of at this point. How do you think it should be working or how would you like it to work?
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 6 Apr 2010 12:35 Got Google? Power Management in Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/russel_02march25.mspx How to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907477 If the fan's still running, (1) the computer's running "hot" and (2) it's in Standby mode. Eric wrote: > For XP with SP3, I have tried sleep mode, but the fan and power for my PC > are still on, I would like to suspend XP, which the fan and power will be > off. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to suspend XP without exiting > window? Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric
From: John on 6 Apr 2010 22:10 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 02:08:03 -0700, Eric <Eric(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >For XP with SP3, I have tried sleep mode, but the fan and power for my PC are >still on, I would like to suspend XP, which the fan and power will be off. >Does anyone have any suggestions on how to suspend XP without exiting window? >Thanks in advance for any suggestions >Eric By "sleep" do you mean Stand By? What the computer does in Standby mode is usually controlled by the motherboard's BIOS and can be configured by a CMOS setting. If you're comfortable modifying the CMOS settings (usually you get to the setup screen by hitting escape or F1 or some special key during the first few seconds of bootup) you can see how it's set and change it if you don't like it. On my computer the setting is called ACPI Suspend Type and the choices are S1 and S3. If set to S1 (ACPI power state state S1), it does as you describe. If set to state S3, virtually everything is powered off when in Standby. The fans stop, the drives spin down, the monitor goes to standby and the processor itself is un-powered. The only power being drawn is a trickle to keep the RAM refreshed and to power the mouse and keyboard ports so it can be woke up. Reply-to address is real
From: Paul on 11 Apr 2010 06:35 Eric wrote: > For XP with SP3, I have tried sleep mode, but the fan and power for my PC are > still on, I would like to suspend XP, which the fan and power will be off. > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to suspend XP without exiting window? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric First, start in the BIOS setup screens. On my motherboards here, there are options for S1, S3, S1&S3 for Standby. S1 Standby leaves the fans running (what you've got now). S3 Standby Suspend To RAM turns the fans off and saves the session in RAM. For S3 Standby to work, the switch on the back of the computer must remain in the ON position. The +5VSB supply rail on the supply continues to run. The +5VSB is used as a power source, to keep the RAM refreshed in S3 Standby. To wake a computer, there is a section of the BIOS controlling waking events. For example, there might be "Wake on Ring", used with the RS-232 Serial port, to wake a computer when a connected dialup modem detects the ringing signal. There will be a BIOS page, populated with options like that. Once you've enabled whatever waking features are needed in the BIOS, the next step is to visit Device Manager. There are options on selected hardware devices in there, to do things like "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby". That is part of getting a "Wake Up" feature to work. For a peripheral to wake the computer from S3 Standby, the peripheral must be powered. If I expected my USB keyboard to wake the computer, the keyboard would need to be powered from +5VSB. On newer computers, that may be the only powering choice. On older computers, jumper plugs may be present on the motherboard surface, for selecting +5V or +5VSB. Selecting the +5V, prevents a peripheral from ever waking up the computer from S3 Standby. I used that feature, to prevent nuisance waking from say, a little vibration shaking a USB mouse. In your current situation, you may not have enabled S3 Standby in the BIOS. To repair the damage, Microsoft makes a 12KB utility called "dumppo.exe". It can be used to do an "Administrative Override" and correct the Standby setting in Windows. Once done, you'll then be able to make the computer sleep, with the fans off. (Last known location of "dumppo") ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Products/Oemtest/v1.1/WOSTest/Tools/Acpi/dumppo.exe Not all devices can wake a computer. For example, if you have a wireless USB mouse and keyboard, the ability to wake the system will rely on the USB receiver dongle plugged into the computer. If it has one of those "Allow this device..." entries in its Device Manager properties, then it may support waking. The dongle must remain powered by +5VSB, for that to work. Some computers are not completely stable in S3 Standby. My previous Asrock motherboard, would fail to wake up from S3, about one in four attempts. All the Intel chipset based motherboards I've used, have functioned perfectly in that regard. If you have trouble with S3 Standby, then switch to S4 Hibernate, as that is a much safer alternative, and it is safe against power interruptions. With S3 Standby, a UPS is recommended, to prevent one second power outages from killing your session stored in RAM. If the power outage is long enough, then the UPS will run out of juice, and the current session in RAM will be lost. S4 Hibernate can survive such power issues, because the session is stored on the hard drive. Paul
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