How do I take take standby on/off?

[SpunkyXL]

Everytime I shut my lid, my compuer goes on standby. How do I make my screen go back on? I always have to hard reboot for the screen to come back on. I tried all the function keys..

[GomJabbar]

Try the Fn key first. Hold it down for a couple of seconds. I think I read that the power button will do this too if you hold it down less than 5 seconds. Go to Power Options in Windows Control Panel to change behavior when you close the lid.

[SpunkyXL]

I actually want it on standby when I close the lid. problem is, I dont know how to enable the screen when I open the lid

Try the Fn key first. Hold it down for a couple of seconds. I think I read that the power button will do this too if you hold it down less than 5 seconds. Go to Power Options in Windows Control Panel to change behavior when you close the lid.

[hamgeek]

I actually want it on standby when I close the lid. problem is, I dont know how to enable the screen when I open the lid

I have this same problem with my 1875DLU. Nothing will wake the darn thing. But it doesn't always do it. Sometimes it wakes as it should. I have tried everything. I restored it to its factory state, thinking it may have been a bad update, but it did not help.

My solution at this point was to change it to hibernate when the lid is closed. It always wakes from the hibernate, so the lid switch is functioning properly.

I'm out of ideas.

[mdarnton]

Mine reliably starts back up with the function Fn key, also. I just tap it a few times.

[hamgeek]

The Fn key does not work. The Power button does not work. When the lid is opened I hear the hard drive come on, but that's it. After it sits for a while the fan will come on. The moon stays lit and the only way to get it going again is remove the power and battery.

However, sometimes it wakes from sleep when I open the lid, but most of the time no joy. When set to hibernate, it always comes on when the lid is opened.

Edit: I have to press the power button to wake from hibernate.

[SpunkyXL]

I tried hibernation when I close the lid, even that doesn't come on

[hamgeek]

SpunkyXL,

Which model do you have?

[SpunkyXL]

t42p type 2373

SpunkyXL,

Which model do you have?

[hoya]

you've already tried updating the BIOS, embedded controller and other drivers?

[GomJabbar]

You can try the following that I posted on another thread.

Actually I would use the shotgun approach and uninstall the following: Battery MaxiMiser, Power Management Driver (in addition to Power Manager above), EasyEject, ThinkPad Configuration, and Presentation Director. Then I would use Software Installer to install the lot at one time.

I just did this this morning for a different issue. Last night I found out that my T42 was not going into Standby on its own, yet the Fn + F4 key combo worked. I tried uninstalling just Battery MaxiMiser, rebooting, then reinstalling Battery MaxiMiser, but that did not solve the problem. That is when I used the shotgun approach, and now Standby is working normally.

Caveat. I lost some of my power schemes in my non-Administrator user accounts. I could have put them back in with the Battery MaxiMiser Wizard, but I choose to try and fix it in the registry. This was a mistake on my part.

Full thread that the above quote came from is here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20727

[huntzer]

push and hold the fn button for 6 sec...then it shld wake from standby....At least tat is wat i do. Using a T42.

[Herr Yunta]

Your windows power management is messed up. This happened on my T41 and it was only fixed with a fresh installation of the OS. Good luck

[SpunkyXL]

updated bios. problem solved

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