New install causes reboot freeze coming from sleep

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rjl24

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Installed a low profile pci card yesterday.

A four port USB pci low profile card.
http://koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=349


On to the card I installed a permanent internal usb wireless Internet device which I may or may not use depending on circumstances.

Device manager shows USB device as:
Realtek RTL 8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54 mbps USB2.0 Network Adapter ( I updated driver)

Otherwise, when not using the adapter, will use the cable connection directly to the modem.


I use this command ( I call sleep really acts like a hibernate) to cause a good overnight sleep:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

Which is activated by a command in my keyboard that I created to differentiate from the normal sleep that occurs from my power option which the computer is awakened via a touch to the mouse or keyboard.

All this worked fine prior to the install of the PCI card/ USB device.

What other adjustments must I make to the system to make sure the device either the network adapter or PCI card does not continue causing a cold re-boot (a malfunction of coming out of the hibernate) coming from sleep rather than a simple power-on tap to the power button that usually worked fine.

Probably something I missed.

Currently my power options have the USB "enabled" to selective suspend. Ought this be "disabled"?

But does this enabled/ disabled matter?

Thanks,
R
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Notebook DV 6928
    Memory
    3 GB
    Hard Drives
    internal 250GB, external 160 GB
rjl24 said:
Installed a low profile pci card yesterday.

A four port USB pci low profile card.
http://koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=349


On to the card I installed a permanent internal usb wireless Internet device which I may or may not use depending on circumstances.

Device manager shows USB device as:
Realtek RTL 8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54 mbps USB2.0 Network Adapter ( I updated driver)

Otherwise, when not using the adapter, will use the cable connection directly to the modem.


I use this command ( I call sleep really acts like a hibernate) to cause a good overnight sleep:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

Which is activated by a command in my keyboard that I created to differentiate from the normal sleep that occurs from my power option which the computer is awakened via a touch to the mouse or keyboard.

All this worked fine prior to the install of the PCI card/ USB device.

What other adjustments must I make to the system to make sure the device either the network adapter or PCI card does not continue causing a cold re-boot (a malfunction of coming out of the hibernate) coming from sleep rather than a simple power-on tap to the power button that usually worked fine.

Probably something I missed.

Currently my power options have the USB "enabled" to selective suspend. Ought this be "disabled"?

But does this enabled/ disabled matter?

Thanks,
R
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R,

Welcome to the Vista Forums :party:

We have an excellent tutorial about sleep related issues that may be of assistance to you. Here's the link: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html

Let us know if this helps.
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 X 1 GB DDR2 Kingston 800 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800 GT 512 MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1050
    Hard Drives
    320 GB Internal Main
    500 GB USB External
    160 GB USB External
    2TB USB External
    Internet Speed
    DSL 3MB
Thank you for the link.

Upon experimenting, it appears that one of my power options was in contradiction with the other one, now both power options, actually I made sure all three power options have USB ENABLED.

The hibernate method I devised works, see my post, seemingly OK for now.

I really like Vista. To me it is more simple than XP, but one must be patient with it also to get to know the various detailed features.

Robert
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Notebook DV 6928
    Memory
    3 GB
    Hard Drives
    internal 250GB, external 160 GB
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