Michael

You can get some information by typing powercfg -A (/? for additional
options for this command) at a command prompt.

Michael

"pmills" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I have a Vista Ultimate machine that will not reliably sleep or wake up.
>
> Through web searches, I have learned that these problems are often related
> to hardware driver issues. I have two pieces of hardware that are often
> mentioned in reference to Vista sleep problems - an NVidia 8800 GTX and an
> X-fi sound card. I have tried the most current drivers available from the
> hardware manufacturers, as well as some beta drivers, and attempted
> various fixes as recommended by many of the troubleshooting tips I have
> found on the web.
>
> All this has been to no avail.
>
> When I try to sleep the computer, it usually turns off the monitor and
> hangs with the fans still running. On rare occasions, it will go ahead
> and shut down, but waking the computer to a usable state is then not
> possible because the monitor stays powered down upon waking. Any attempt
> to sleep or wake the computer eventually results in my having to hold the
> power switch down and force a restart.
>
> My question: Is there a reliable method (reviewing events, logs, etc.) to
> pin down more precisely which problem or problems I'm having with
> sleep/wake? I have a second hard drive with a bootable copy of Windows XP
> Pro which I used previously on this machine, and it sleeps and wakes
> instantly and reliably with all of the same hardware.
>
> Thanks for any information anyone would be willing to provide about how I
> can troubleshoot this problem.
>
>