Bring up windows from standby using external keyboard or mouse

[Guest]

Please help me I would to bring my laptop Toshiba Tecra Window XP from
Standby using an external keyboard and mouse plugged intoa USB port. I can
only do that pressing a key on the main Key board. There is nothing wrong
with the keyboard. It woks on other computers.
Thanks

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Please help me I would to bring my laptop Toshiba Tecra Window XP from
Standby using an external keyboard and mouse plugged intoa USB port. I
can
only do that pressing a key on the main Key board. There is nothing wrong
with the keyboard. It woks on other computers.
Thanks

Have you asked Toshiba support? This tends to be more of a hardware
issue.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

it is likely that this
hardware feature is
managed/controlled
by your laptop's
cmos/bios.

check out your laptops
website and model number
for faq's or help.
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[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. I discussed this issue with Toshiba till I was
blue in the face and paid them $35 since the unit is out of warantee. I have
their latest bios insalled. They say that putting the computer in standby
shuts off the power to all USB ports,consequently you cannot bring the
computer back from standby. I do not buy this argument: If you left click on
the USB port in the Device manager and right click properties unter the power
mgmt tab ther is a greyed out statement that indicate that "allow this device
to bring the computer from stanby"
Any suggestions???

 

[Guest]

well, it may or may not
be true, depending on the
sophistication of the laptop's
power management.

windows can only do so
much and what the hardware
allows for.

however, if you are confident
the bios/cmos settings for the
power are set correctly, i.e.,
apm=enabled, then you might
get more information with the
command.

go to start > run > cmd

then type and enter
powercfg/?

the command will provide
more information.

since i don't have a Toshiba,
i am not familiar with their
peculiarities and configurations.

i have an Acer laptop and
it comes out of standby with
the kb and mouse. but again

however, you might get
more information from
the Toshiba website, Microsoft.com
and other search engines if you include
the criterion of "powercfg"
and or apm (automatic power
management) in your search
for more answers.

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[Patrick Keenan]

Thanks for the suggestion. I discussed this issue with Toshiba till I was
blue in the face and paid them $35 since the unit is out of warantee. I
have
their latest bios insalled. They say that putting the computer in standby
shuts off the power to all USB ports,consequently you cannot bring the
computer back from standby.

That would make perfect sense, yes, and be a reasonable explanation.

You'd design it this way so that the battery isn't drained while the
system's in standby.

I do not buy this argument:

It's actually not an argument, it's a reasonable technical description of
how the electronics on that laptop are designed.

But if you don't "buy" it, feel free to hook up with a person with
electronic test equipment to demonstrate that the USB power *is* shut off
when the system is in standby.

If the board is their design, it's most likely that they would be familiar
with its as-designed behaviour.

If you left click on
the USB port in the Device manager and right click properties unter the
power
mgmt tab ther is a greyed out statement

Greyed out meaning that the function is not available.

that indicate that "allow this device
to bring the computer from stanby"

Yes, and it's greyed out because the device *cannot* take the device from
standby, as it has no power. The function isn't available.

You seem to be misled because that tab wasn't removed, only deactivated.

Any suggestions???

The only suggestion would be to get a different laptop whose circuitry
supports this, since yours clearly doesn't.

HTH
-pk