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Old 02-23-2007   #2 (permalink)
JRS


 
 

Re: Can only sleep once on a fresh boot


Haven't seen that, but mine used to sleep fine until I updated the BIOS 2
days ago. Now it won't sleep at all. It tries, but then it wakes back
up.

Silly Vista.


>>Whats this all about? The sleep function works fine... But only once in a
>>particular fresh boot, after the first sleep + wake up, it wont properly
>>sleep again until I restart the machine.
>>
>>It does he usual series of events, light flashes, but when its supposed to
>>turn off the fans etc, it does a strange boot device startup cycle, as it
>>does when you restart the computer (e.g. HD noise, DVD drives flashing
>>checking for a disk).
>>
>>Also, when it does sleep, the power light starts flashing 10 seconds before
>>the fans actually turn off, is this normal? Sorta strange compared to the old
>>standby function.
>>
>>Anyone having this problem? Why would it work only once consistantly?
>>
>>I've updated graphics drivers, latest bios (hasnt been updated for vista yet
>>though), tried disabling keyboard and mouse 'let this device wake computer'
>>options.
>>
>>Cheers.

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