Here's a great blog with some tips on how to diagnose problems with Sleep
and Resume.
http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cn...63E3!373.entry
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Tom Brickman" <TomBrickman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00ABF9E0-222C-4A96-BE5B-AF95667F63B1@microsoft.com...
> 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.