ibm laptop going into hybernation after installing acpi driver

alidabiri · 12-08-2007, 05:15 PM

hi,
i have an ibm thinkpad a21m that was put together (mobo, hd, ram, cd, floppy, etc.). installed xp. worked fine. it had "unknown device" on device manager. i used msinfo32 to identify that it needed acpi (advanced configuration power interface). i installed it. the unknown device error went away. when i restarted the system, it keeps going into hybernation after 2-3 minutes. i unplugged cmos and main battery. reset hybernation option to never, reset all the bios to default. still goes into hybernation. my question is: would it go into hybernation if the cpu gets hot? or is there another problem that i'm overlooking?
thanks.

12-08-2007, 06:12 PM

Hi alida

It has come to my attention that you might have a heat or voltage issue with your computer. We can not assume that it is one of these so we will go ahead and check. I would like you to download and install the program Speedfan. When you are done installing Speedfan open and look for 3 columns. One should have temperatures, the other should have voltages, and the last one should contain your fan speeds. When you have found this information please post to me in a column such as this: (Example)

Quote:

Temperatures

Temp1: 30 C
Temp2: 60 C
HD0: 44 C

Voltages (only for desktops)

5.5V: 5.5
3.33V: 3.24

Fan Speeds

Speed1: 2480 RPM

(Remember this is just an example, please post your exact information)

If you are running on a Dell Laptop please follow these steps then post your temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds:

Open Speedfan
Click Configure on the Main Screen
Go to the Options Tab
Check the: "Enable DELL Support (use this function only on DELL notebooks)" check box
Click Ok then Close Speedfan
Start Speedfan once again

Then post your temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds.

OR

I am seeing that your computer might have a voltage or overheating issue that is preventing from booting normally into Windows. Start up your computer by either tapping the F1, F2, F4, F6, F8, F10, F11, F12, or Delete keys to access the systems BIOS. For the exact information on what key to start up the System BIOS refer back to Original Manufacturer System Documentation.

After getting into the BIOS, look for a page that would have something like, eg. PC Health Screen or System Monitoring Page. When you have found a page similar to this post back what the BIOS says for your temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds.

alidabiri · 12-09-2007, 12:53 PM

wow,
thanks so much. this great info. i really appreciate it. i'm gonna try this advice and see what i get.
thanks again.

12-08-2007, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
alidabiri Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Virginia, USA Posts: 144 OS: XP-SP2	ibm laptop going into hybernation after installing acpi driver hi, i have an ibm thinkpad a21m that was put together (mobo, hd, ram, cd, floppy, etc.). installed xp. worked fine. it had "unknown device" on device manager. i used msinfo32 to identify that it needed acpi (advanced configuration power interface). i installed it. the unknown device error went away. when i restarted the system, it keeps going into hybernation after 2-3 minutes. i unplugged cmos and main battery. reset hybernation option to never, reset all the bios to default. still goes into hybernation. my question is: would it go into hybernation if the cpu gets hot? or is there another problem that i'm overlooking? thanks. __________________ If I can't fix it, you don't need it.

12-09-2007, 12:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
alidabiri Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Virginia, USA Posts: 144 OS: XP-SP2	Re: ibm laptop going into hybernation after installing acpi driver wow, thanks so much. this great info. i really appreciate it. i'm gonna try this advice and see what i get. thanks again. __________________ If I can't fix it, you don't need it.