PC and Laptop

Compaq/HP

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 I have a Compaq PC with 4 GB ram, and 2 internal HDs, 1 is a 200GB, the other is an 80GB. The first is sata, the second, IDE. 2 External HDs, 1 is a 320 GB and the other is 1 TB. A 1GB nVidia graphics card. This is hooked into a 26" HDTV for a monitor. AMD Athlon Processor  LE 1640 2.70 GHz

 

  I also have a Compaq laptop with 2.5 GB ram, 80 GB HD, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor TK-53 1.70 GHz

 

Both are less than 6 months old. Both running Vista Home Premium.

Neither will wake from sleep mode. I have to perform a hard boot in order to wake them. They both seem to wake, all except for the monitors. Lights and fans run, but all I get is a black screen.

 

Where's the duck?        

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've been putting my new Vista computer in sleep mode but I turn off the monitor.  In the morning I turn on the monitor and then hit a key and it all comes back to life.  Oh, and running SP1 and 64 bit.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You have too much stuff,yeah,that's the problem.    ;)    Unhook some of it and send it to me.:P

Jim,there is a huge amount of entries in the HP forums about this. I didn't wade through them but I got you a link. You are not alone.  LINK

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a Dell computer and they have talked about this issue on their forums. Before I received my computer I went on line to see what issues some were having. I don't use sleep mode...not sure what is causing this issue but it happens on more than your compaq.

Good luck!

Dee

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks Wiz...no help.   v_v

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do both have Vista SP1 installed? There was a fix for this in SP1.

Yes, they both do.    x_x

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Have you created any page-file in hard-disk? This is required to wake from hibernation.

Create a page-file(virtual memory) on C (installation) drive which size at least equal to actual memory(ram) + 1 mb.

But the recommended size is 1.5x of ram.

That is 6 GB for pc and 3.75 GB for laptop. (if u dont have that much of space left u may set it to 4097 mb and 2561mb respectively)

Keep the Initial Size and Maximum Size same for best performance.

 

 

 

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Have you created any page-file in hard-disk? This is required to wake from hibernation.

I don't use hibernation....just sleep/standby. Thanks.    :grin:

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Reply #1
Night Train
Do both have Vista SP1 installed? There was a fix for this in SP1.
I feel there is nothing to do with sp1 with this.

:yes: Just go to the Control Panel, Power options, click on change plan settings, then on change advanced power settings, now navigate to Sleep and select never for both options- on batteryand on power.

Now whenever you wanna use sleep mode, just press function+sleep button from the keyboard, and it would retrieve back by pressing any key.

Hope this helps you coz it worked for me on a friend's HP dv6000 notebook running Vista HomePremium who was having da same prob.

 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I always make sure hibernation is turned off.

Apart from being useless, the file it creates, hiberfil.sys, grows like Topsy.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Now whenever you wanna use sleep mode, just press function+sleep button from the keyboard, and it would retrieve back by pressing any key.

Nope, sorry.   :thumbsdown:

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Pour some buckets of water.