Standby Not Working

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pcsmart24 · #1 Post by **pcsmart24** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:03 pm

Hi Guys,

Firstly sorry for all the questions just lately but as ive just got my t40 ive got lots of questions.

Im having problems with my standby, it goes in to standby fine (although it does seem to do it rather fast?) with the standby light on the LCD panel, but when i try to get back to windows it just reboots and doesnt recover from standby.

Anybody got any ideas? I dont think there is any hardware that could cause this but i have recovered by system back to factory and it is still the same. Rather annoying as i use standby alot.

Just incase it helps ive got the latest BIOS update and my machine type is 2373-42G

Thanks guys

pcsmart24 · #2 Post by **pcsmart24** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:14 pm

Nobody got any ideas on this one then?

cmarti · #3 Post by **cmarti** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:20 pm

pcsmart24 wrote:Nobody got any ideas on this one then?

My guess is try a fresh install of xp. That's what i do and neved had any issues.

Remember that is my opinion.

pcsmart24 · #4 Post by **pcsmart24** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:22 pm

Ive already tried that buddy, with no joy.

Any other ideas?

cmarti · #5 Post by **cmarti** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:39 pm

pcsmart24 wrote:Ive already tried that buddy, with no joy. Any other ideas?

A fresh install or a recovery? I mean a fresh install of xp not a IBM recovery.

pcsmart24 · #6 Post by **pcsmart24** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:41 pm

Well, i bought my t40 with a copy of windows on (none ibm) so i ordered some recovery discs and installed it.

But it didnt work on either installs

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:54 pm

Are you sure there isn't some software, such as a kernel level debugger or a low-level process, that is choking the resume from standby process? I tend not to really think that as it can enter stanby pretty fast as you say.

Does it do the same thing if you go into standby from the Fn+F4 combo and resume by hitting Fn or does this just happen when you go into standby by closing the lid? There are two different hardware handlers for that, and one of them might have a problem come resume time.

pcsmart24 · #8 Post by **pcsmart24** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:38 am

Thanks for the reply chris, pressing FN + F4 does nothing at all, and closing the lid or going to start>shutdown>standby will go in to standby but they will not resume.

christopher_wolf · #9 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:01 pm

It sounds like an ACPI problem or, rather, lack thereof; but why is it still present even *after* a fresh factory install. Is everything, including all the drivers, updated to the latest version?

Other than that, or some *really* bizzare lw level process that hangs on resume, it points to the hardware.

pcsmart24 · #10 Post by **pcsmart24** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:43 pm

Im just running System Update V2.0 now as the factory stuff obviously isnt the latest gear. Once that's done ill report back in

pcsmart24 · #11 Post by **pcsmart24** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:23 pm

no joy

still nothing

christopher_wolf · #12 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:35 pm

I really can't think of anything else then. It might be hardware related, but I would find that very strange indeed.

The other thing you could do is to check the ACPI devices under the revice manager and see if they have values that, at least initially, make sense.

pcsmart24 · #13 Post by **pcsmart24** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:37 pm

there is nothing flagged in device manager and everything looks normal to me.

Talk about a strange one!

Thanks for sticking with me on this one!

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