P4C800-E: Another BIOS quirk

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Derek Hawkins

At least that's the way it looks here. With the APM Configuration BIOS
option "Power on PS/2 mouse" enabled, the PS/2 mouse is only able to wake
the system from Windows standby if the "Allow this device to bring the
computer out of standby" is **unchecked**. If this box is checked the mouse
cannot wake the system and thus the behavior is the total opposite of what
MS intended. But it doesn't end there.....With the APM Configuration BIOS
option "Power on PS/2 mouse" disabled, the PS/2 mouse is able to wake the
system from Windows standby if the "Allow this device to bring the computer
out of standby" is checked or unchecked and provided it is also checked for
the keyboard. Also, if for the keyboard the "Allow this device...." is
unchecked but it is checked for the Mouse then the keyboard is still able to
wake the system from Windows standby. LOL! This is a total screw-up, what we
have is a convolution of BIOS, keyboard and mouse settings, for crying out
loud, this is BIOS 1014, something like this should have been noticed
already and addressed in BIOS 1003 or the equivalent.

Can someone else confirm this on their system as well before I go to Asus
again?
 
Derek said:
At least that's the way it looks here. With the APM Configuration BIOS
option "Power on PS/2 mouse" enabled, the PS/2 mouse is only able to wake
the system from Windows standby if the "Allow this device to bring the
computer out of standby" is **unchecked**. If this box is checked the mouse
cannot wake the system and thus the behavior is the total opposite of what
MS intended. But it doesn't end there.....With the APM Configuration BIOS
option "Power on PS/2 mouse" disabled, the PS/2 mouse is able to wake the
system from Windows standby if the "Allow this device to bring the computer
out of standby" is checked or unchecked and provided it is also checked for
the keyboard. Also, if for the keyboard the "Allow this device...." is
unchecked but it is checked for the Mouse then the keyboard is still able to
wake the system from Windows standby. LOL! This is a total screw-up, what we
have is a convolution of BIOS, keyboard and mouse settings, for crying out
loud, this is BIOS 1014, something like this should have been noticed
already and addressed in BIOS 1003 or the equivalent.

Can someone else confirm this on their system as well before I go to Asus
again?
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You've got me thoroughly confused. However, because design engineers
and bios programmers are hardware-tuned and also more intelligent than
software/applications programmers, the fault is with the OS...Windows.
Besides, being an old-timer, who needs this crap anyway? There are too
many frills in today's computers.
 
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