Wake up from sleep problem

[JamesH]

When my computer wakes up from sleep mode, it mostly works, however:
* The mouse intermittently freezes, in fact I think its the whole system
* If I open my computer, it never shows the drives. I'm still able to open shortcuts to folders and drives however.

From memory a service freezes after wakeup, but I can't remember which one. My mouse is also USB through a PS2 adapter.

[glc]

Use Hibernate instead of sleep.

[Markoman01027]

Hello JamesH,

My icons disapperar when I recover from sleep mode. My AIM also freezes for a second, and the drives take longer to show up.
That is why I am no longer going to put my system into sleep mode, I'd suggest you do the same.

[Markoman01027]

I answered my oqn question..wouldn't let me delete the post.

[doctorgonzo]

I have never gotten sleep mode to work correctly; it seems to be far more trouble than it is worth.

[mystvearn]

I also have the same problem, if I use the poewr options to turn of monitor after some time, most of the time, when I try to wake up the pc, no response, no matter what I do. The monitor is on. Sometimes it restarts after a while and the screen turn off normally. I'm afraid to turn off monitor using the power options that I just use the Blank screen saver or unplug the power cable. Anyone know why this happens?

[Markoman01027]

Not sure, but sleep mode also screws up my internet connection afterwards.

Could be a hardware issue, mystvearn; because this does not happen to me and I also use the power option to turn off my monitor after some time.

[JamesH]

Any difference between S1 and S3 sleep?

It looks like too much hardware is not sleep compliant.

[colecifer]

just don't use sleep, just leave the computer going it won't hurt it really. In a study a few years back a computer left on for two years lasted longer than a computer turned off ever 6 hours(or somethign like that) for 2 years, becuase of thermal expansion. This study was with older equipment but you get the point. The only thing you really need to have turn off is the monitor.

[Panama Red]

I'm sure everyone has there own methods, but the one that works for me is: After 15 minutes idle, turn off the monitor - After 20 minutes idle, go to standby - Hard drives are set to NEVER turn off. Any keyboard or mouse activity brings it back up. When I have used the "sleep" button on either of my keyboards, everything comes back the same way and everything works fine. When I leave the house, I shut all the machines down. I'm wondering if some bios setting or Services that are running may be causing your problems. I disable several Services in XP Home based somewhat on the recommendations of Blackviper.com.