laptop power settings

kimkat · 06-13-2006, 06:02 AM

Hi again-- I have another problem... laptop (Dell inspiron with XP media center) goes into standby sometimes after I recover it from standby! If I open the cover and it doesn't come back I press the power button, and more than half the time it goes back into standby mode! I played with settings, set things to "never", restored defaults, etc...

any ideas???
tia,
Kim

**Glaswegian** · 06-13-2006, 01:07 PM

Hi kimkat

I'm moving this thread to the laptop forum - more chance of a response there.

**TheMatt** · 06-13-2006, 01:16 PM

When it goes into standby, does it show the windows "standing by" screen? or does it just stop runing imediately?

**laboye** · 06-20-2006, 04:36 AM

I've seen this before. The hardware switch that tells ACPI that the lid has closed somtimes sends multiple signals. When the computer wakes up, ACPI sends the signal to the OS again, inducing standby. If it keeps up, disable that in Power Settings in Control Panel. If you are using a Toshiba with Toshiba Power Saver installed, you will have to use that.

06-13-2006, 06:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
kimkat Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17 OS: XP SP2	laptop power settings Hi again-- I have another problem... laptop (Dell inspiron with XP media center) goes into standby sometimes after I recover it from standby! If I open the cover and it doesn't come back I press the power button, and more than half the time it goes back into standby mode! I played with settings, set things to "never", restored defaults, etc... any ideas??? tia, Kim

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06-20-2006, 04:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	I've seen this before. The hardware switch that tells ACPI that the lid has closed somtimes sends multiple signals. When the computer wakes up, ACPI sends the signal to the OS again, inducing standby. If it keeps up, disable that in Power Settings in Control Panel. If you are using a Toshiba with Toshiba Power Saver installed, you will have to use that. __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler