Computer Standby Problems

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I just don't get it...because it was working absolutely perfect last week damnit.

Ok guys, here I am with a problem with Windows...big surprise eh? Hehehe. Anyways, here's my problem. My computer never wants to come out of standby anymore, and I don't have a clue why. I hit the power button to bring it out of standby, the light goes green but nothing shows up on the screen. If I hit a few buttons on my keyboard, it'll sometimes come up...but I shouldn't have to do this!

Anyone know what could possibly be going on? I'm running Win98 and I haven't installed any new hardware recently.
 
I've had troubles with stand-by myself. When I tried to "wake it up", I would come back to Windows but the mouse no longer responded. Naturally I had to reboot.

I've heard nothing but bad things about stand-by mode. I hear it's hard on your hard-disks. I suggest you don't use it at all.
 
The only thing I put in standby is my monitor after 30 mins.
 
This problem occurs due to like a million reasons, both hardware and software related. To find your specific reason, search for w98standby on www.microsoft.com

I had this problem earlier because my motherboard didn't accept windows standby, and windows didn't accept that the bios ordered a standby, so I never used it before. Now, my new motherboard supports w98 standby, but I never use it, since it's bad for the harddrives (as said above)
 
NoNameRequired our Paranoid Moderator is right .
it is rather bad for the harddrive and i recommend not to use it all !
 
Hmm, why's it bad for the hard drive? Just a simple answer will do. I don't need a drawn out explanation. :D
 
Well, when you turn into stand-by mode, power is taken away from the hard-disk(s) to shut it off. When you come out of Stand-By mode, a lot of power is quickly sent to the hard-disk(s) to turn it on again. One of the worst thing you could do to an electronic is turn it on and off. It's when you turn any electronic on a lot of power is sent to it and that is damaging.
 
there isn't really any benefit to standby mode--- the amount of electricity you are saving (if any) isn't worth it

just have it turn off the monitor-- that's what uses the most power
 
yah, the same thing happens to my computer. i dont have a power of on/off button. instead, the idiotic button is used 4 standby, so if my comp crashes or anytthing, i cant turn it off by force, i have to restart it instead. Can some1 tell me how to configure that button to be used to turn off the computer instead of standby mode?
 
hold the power button down for about 4 or 5 seconds... that's how they work


there should be a setting in BIOS or in Windows somewhere to decide how that button reacts to being pressed
 
everytime your hd goes into doze mode it needs to rev up when you activate it .

let's assume your HD is a car.
you would drive 150 mph and then slow down to allmost an halt and then you rev up to 150 mph again .
if you do that with your car all the time you gonna have a little problem in the end .
best to leave them running on a constant speed.
 
Hrmmm, thanks guys. I guess from now on just turning off my monitor will be the best thing to do...or I could just shut it down hehe.
 
Hey CrusherEAGLE. If you're using Win98, and you want to change your power button settings, just go to your "Power Management Properties" and hit the "Advanced" tab. You should see an option to set what the power button does when you hit it...either Standby or Shutdown. You should have it on shutdown just because, if you comp locks-up you have a 'last resort' way out. This is experience talking.
Once my comp locked up and my power button was set to standby. I had to unplug the damn thing. Talk about suck.

That was a long time ago though...lol.


DT
 
If you need to shut down and your button is set to Standby, just hold it in for 6 seconds and it'll power down.
 
Mine's set for shutdown and I still have to hold it for 4-5 sec.

Argh :pissed: I wish I was Bill Gates,


DT
 
My tip of the day:

If Windows is set for shut down, and it still goes to standby, check the bios for power down settings, since they often override the windows settings.
 
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