How to get Win2k into suspend-to-ram mode?

[Shag]

I have an Asus CUSL2 and want to try STR. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to enable it in Win2k. I have set the bios option for it, but there is no "suspend" option in my shutdown menu. Anyone know how to do this?

 

[SUOrangeman]

Look at all the tabs in the Poer Options control panel. You have to enable hibernation there, then it will show on the shutdown menu.

-SUO, can't hibernate due to 3Com NIC 🙁

 

[Shag]

Thanks, SUO.

3Com NICs can't suspend?? Bah! I've got a 3com NIC. Are they all that way? Someone needs to kick 3Com. 🙂

What happens when you try? I tried and got a BSOD, but I get the same BSOD upon shutdown (something about a Power_Driver_Failure or something). Still working on that problem...

 

[paulip88]

You may need to get updated drivers for the 3Com. I think i got mine to hibernate after updating drivers for it (as well as AGP and SBlive0.

 

[Shag]

I was able to solve my BSOD error simply by uninstalling Easy CD Creator. Funky.

After doing so, I was able to go into Hibernate mode no problem (even with the 3Com NIC), but here's where I'm confused. It brings up the Hibernate status bar, the status bar fills, and then it says "You may now shutdown your computer". By shutting down the computer, don't I lose all info in memory? I guess I just don't fully understand the whole Hibernate thing...

Also, I was hoping to setup wake-on-lan so I could wake the computer if I ever ftp'd into my pc. So, I turned on WOL in the bios, and set it to Hibernate mode when I left for work this morning. From work, I tried to ftp into my pc, but it didn't work (likely because the computer is off 🙂 ). Is WOL supposed to be able to wake it from this Hibernate state? It seems odd that WOL could power up the pc entirely...