Problems after standby

[esveen]

Hi guys.

I'm sort of new to this forum, but i'll try.

So, i've just built a new computer about a week ago, it worked fine, until i clicked the stand-by button. The computer has since then acted very weird. Here are some of the problems:

No "beep" sound comes up when i start.

Monitor just stays stand-by and says: "No signal detected!"

USB devices won't turn on.

Computer starts up for 5 seconds, turns off for 5 seconds, and then finally it turns on.


I've tried everything, plugging everything off and on, switching RAM, plug the monitor to another computer (And it works..).

Here are my pc specs:

Asus p5ql pro
Core 2 duo e8400 @ 3ghz
4gb kingston hyperx ddr2 @800 mhz
Inno3d gtx 260
500 gb hdd
HP dvd writer
Corsair 750 w power supply
Benq 22" monitor
Vista home basic 32 bit

Please, PLEASE, tell me if you know what is going on with my computer.. It's very frustrating..

 

[VinDSL]

I thought standby mode was only available in XP...

Do you mean sleep mode? Or, hibernation mode?

 

[heymrdj]

Sounds like you're using the wrong stanby mode in the BIOS, something your board/PSU may not support. There's S1, S3, ect options. You might need to see which one works for your hardware.

 

[VinDSL]

Personally, I think sleep mode is the way to go - the best of all possible worlds! Hibernation kinda sucks, especially on home-brew machines.

A lot of computers have a hard time COMING OUT of hibernation. So much so, that I would even call it 'normal' for hibernation NOT to work correctly...

The 'good-and-bad' of standby/hibernation/sleep (sleep = standby+hibernation) is they leave your computer in an unusable state. This saves power, which is important if you're running on batteries, but there is NO guarantee that your machine will COME OUT of this unusable state. So, it's a crap shoot at best!

LoL! As Dirty Harry said, "Are you feeling lucky today, punk? Well, are you???"

If you want to save power and wear n' tear on your components, I suggest changing your settings so the drives and monitor turn themselves off after a certain length of time - and call it a day - instead of playing around with putting your machine into an unusable state - which it may (or may not) come out of...

 

[Scotteq]

Some things you can do to troubleshoot Sleep problems:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutori...eep-mode-problems.html

Yes, I know that forum is dedicated to 64 bit, but the steps and processes are the same.