Why won't w2k standby?

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Gary Fritz

Standby on my w2k system works great. Start -> Shutdown -> Standy works
fine, as does the "Sleep" button on my Microsoft keyboard.

Same with hibernate. Works great -- when I initiate it manually.

BUT I can't get it to work with the screen-saver power settings. Currently
I have it set up to start the screen-saver up after 15 minutes (because I
want a password on the system when it sleeps), monitor turn off after
20mins, standby after 30 mins. The screen-saver and monitor-turnoff work
just as expected -- but the system WILL NOT put itself into Standy or
Hibernate mode.

Any guesses? Is some extra juju required to make this work?

Thanks,
Gary
 
Gary said:
Standby on my w2k system works great. Start -> Shutdown -> Standy works
fine, as does the "Sleep" button on my Microsoft keyboard.

Same with hibernate. Works great -- when I initiate it manually.

BUT I can't get it to work with the screen-saver power settings.
Currently I have it set up to start the screen-saver up after 15 minutes
(because I want a password on the system when it sleeps), monitor turn
off after 20mins, standby after 30 mins. The screen-saver and
monitor-turnoff work just as expected -- but the system WILL NOT put
itself into Standy or Hibernate mode.

Any guesses? Is some extra juju required to make this work?

Thanks,
Gary
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perhaps try changing the ACPI setting in the BIOS?

http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci963543,00.html?offer=LOTD
 
Steve Parry said:
perhaps try changing the ACPI setting in the BIOS?
Click to expand...

Hm. I thought those settings determined whether Standby/Hibernate was
possible at all, not just by a timer. If Standby/Hibernate works fine
manually, is the BIOS still the likely culprit?

Gary
 
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