Sleep and Hibernate take longer than Shutdown

snsd

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I have an HP Pavilion tx 2000 tablet PC. When I shutdown Vista Home Premium 32bit, it takes a few seconds. Putting into sleep mode takes 30+ seconds. Putting into hibernation - even longer. The system comes out of sleep almost instantly. A cold boot versus starting from hibernation takes about the same amount of time - although hibernation seems to take a bit longer.

I have the very same issue on my HP desktop. My wife's IBM IdeaPad has the same issue with hibernate - but her sleep function works perfectly. (All units have Vista Home Premium 32 bit.)

Is hibernate pretty much useless in Vista? If one of the main points of hibernation is to get on and off a PC faster, why does it take longer than a cold boot? With sleep, why does putting my HP pcs to sleep take so long yet my wife's IBM goes off almost instantly? When I spoke to HP, they basically told me that using sleep or hibernate is a waste of time in Vista. Is it Vista or is it HP???

Any help is appreciated.

Dave
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion tx 2000
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-60 1.90 Ghz
    Memory
    3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200
    Sound Card
    Realtek HIgh Definition Audio
    Hard Drives
    WDC 250 GB ATA

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
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    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
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Thanks Bare Foot Kid. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Adjusting the settings worked perfectly for Sleep. I'd say my tablet sleeps and wakes up in no more than 1-2 seconds. Hibernation is a completely different story. I can now power down in just under 20 seconds and hibernation takes at least twice that long. I can absolutely live with a 20 second power down - but I loved how fast my XP tablet came out of hibernation. Powering up is running about 50 seconds from a cold boot and hibernation longer than that.

Simple question: has anyone been successful in getting hibernation to work in a reasonable period of time or is it just a basic flaw in Vista? I guess I'll just have to settle for powering down and doing cold boots if hibernation just isn't going to pan out.

Thanks again for any comments.

Dave
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion tx 2000
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-60 1.90 Ghz
    Memory
    3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200
    Sound Card
    Realtek HIgh Definition Audio
    Hard Drives
    WDC 250 GB ATA

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
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