Intermittent Standby Problem - T61

[EAkamai]

I've been reading extensively here about hibernation/standby problems but none of what i can find seem to be what i'm experiencing. Also most have to do with the Nvidia hardware.

I have the integrated Intel w/XGA - XP SP2 using Power Mgt.

Problem is approx. 8-9 out of 10 times the system will come out of Standby perfectly.

But those 1-2 times out of 10 it seems to come out of Standby yet it really doesn't. I can hear the hdd spinning but only get a blank (black) screen. Also the symbol for standby is still lit. Nothing fixes this from the keyboard or mouse. Hitting the power button immediately powers it down and then i can start it up with no problems. And then it will again go in and out of Standby with no problems. It will do this no matter what method i use to get it out of Standby (both from hitting FN key and power button.)

I have not tried just shutting the lid and opening it. I see where that has worked for some.

Again, it only happens rarely. Perhaps i should be counting to see if it happens on a certain amount of times entering Standby? In every other way the system is solid as a brick. This is the only weirdness i experience with it.

I don't always leave it on Standby. Every now and then i'll reboot just to clear out Windoze junk/cache etc... But there are many times when i'm in a hurry where i find that FN-F4 is my best friend on this laptop as it instantly enters Standby.

Anyone have any clues?

Thanking everyone in advance for any help with this.

[richk]

Look in the event log and see if there are any messages at the time of standby or resume

[EAkamai]

Look in the event log and see if there are any messages at the time of standby or resume

Thanks richk! Also i should have been checking exactly which programs i had running when i placed it into Standby. Although that doesn't seem to be an issue with this. But who knows, perhaps there is that one app i'm overlooking.

I'll check events and keep a log. It just worked flawlessly this time after sitting in Standby overnight.