Can anyone help me figure out why my thinkpad won't go into standby anymore?

[sohcrates]

I have a 2 year old IBM thinkpad running win2k.

I leave it on 24-7, but only use it maybe 2 hours a day, so i like it to go into standby or just spin the hard drives down after 45 minutes or so.

I have it set to do so under power options in the screensaver tab. Thing is, it *used* to go into standby just fine....until about a week or so ago, now it never does. I can let it sit there all day and it stays running as usual. And yes , i've rebooted and what not.

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[andrey]

Couple things you should note. If you're using OpenGL screensaver, your laptop will not go into standby mode. That's a known bug with Windows 9x/2k/XP.

Also, if you manually put your laptop in the sleep mode, does it work that way? If it doesn't, that means that probably something wrong with your hybernate/standby file, however if it does, I would try to change the screensaver as I mentioned above.

Good luck,

 

[sohcrates]

hmmm...i'll turn my screensaver off and see if that works! thanks!

btw...how would i force it into standby?

 

[sohcrates]

ok, disabled screen saver, but that didn't work (it's not an opengl screensaver anyway)

still looking for any other ideas...

 

[sohcrates]

^^

 

[Retro2001]

I would guess that you have some program sitting in the background occasionaly pegging your harddrive for data. Something like a Gnutella client perhaps? You might check your startup folder and registry for anything unusual being loaded at startup. Also, have you checked your Device Manager for any *!*'ed items? Good Luck.

Peace,
will

 

[Retro2001]

2 More thoughts:

1) Is your computer connected to the 'Net or a local network 24/7? If so, try breaking the connection and see if the problem goes away.
2) Have you scanned for Viruses lately? OR Do you have virus scanning software running in the background?

Peace,
will

 

[sohcrates]

Originally posted by: Retro2001
2 More thoughts:

1) Is your computer connected to the 'Net or a local network 24/7? If so, try breaking the connection and see if the problem goes away.
2) Have you scanned for Viruses lately? OR Do you have virus scanning software running in the background?

Peace,
will

hmmm...yeah, i'm connected to a network 24-7....interesting. i'll fool around with disabling that. thanks!