Problems w/ my 3800 x2 setup

[purpleparalyzer]

I dunno what the deal is but my computer does not like being left on standby. Today I put it on standby and came back about 5 hours later and the mouse had completely gone mad. Somehow the mouse functions weren't working properly- when i used the scroll button it acted as though i was pressing 'back' on a webpage, a single right click highlighted or selected a bunch of text from the middle up or down. Then I tried restarting from the start menu and it didn't work at all so I tried ctrl alt del and nothing. Luckily i was able to shut down from the start menu and when i booted up again everything was fine.

Another odd problem is that my computer wont boot up if I leave my ipod plugged into the usb. It just stalls during the bios and I'm forced to reset it.

Whats wrong w/ my brand new set up?

specs: running win xp home ed sp1 (but I think it made me d/l sp2 if thats possible?), x2 3800, 2g patriot ram, Biostar mobo w/ integrated 6100, 450w fortron, 250g WD sata, 80g Seagate ide

 

[imported_Sincity]

BUMP for similar problem. I also have a SATA drive. After waking up from standby, the hard drive will not turn on.

 

[cleverhandle]

It appears you guys are talking about desktop systems - why is it that you feel standby is necessary? Provided that the monitor powers itself off, PC's barely burn any power when they're idle. And desktop components frequently don't handle power management well, because they weren't designed with that as a priority. Just seems like extra fuss for a nearly non-existent benefit.

 

[videopho]

My system used to have all sort of problems either waking from hibernation or stand-by such as freezes, monitor not display any video, etc. Well, since the removal of all of that craps (std-by, hibernate), the system is happy once again.
I once tried to figure out what happened why but just simply gave up since there were too many questions bot not too many good answers ie. xp, drivers differences etc.
Went to Google and learned that same general consensus: None of that stuff.
My advise is second from that of cleverhandle.

 

[purpleparalyzer]

I like putting my computer on standby because then i can have it password protected - i know its just my roomate but its for the principle d*mn it
Is there another way to do this?

thanks for the replies-

 

[RicePaddy]

couldn't you just use a password on the screen saver? Same thing right?

 

[imported_Phil]

The reason that your machine stalls when booting up is because you have your iPod attached. With modern BIOSes, the iPod appears as a removable drive, which the machine tries to boot from. I've seen this before with a client who's machine did the exact same thing. Remove iPod, machine boots.

Have a look in the BIOS for boot priority and remove USB Removable Device (or similar) from the list. Failing that, remember to unplug it

 

[imported_Phil]

Oh, and press Windows key + L. That'll lock the machine, provided that you have a Windows password set. Same thing, a fraction of the hassle.

 

[purpleparalyzer]

Ah thanks so much guys- everything is working fine now.

 

[scottws]

I have had nothing but trouble with Standby. I learned not to use it long ago.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

Its actually quite hard to tell what screws up going into standby... other than removing devices/doing selected startup until you find out what device/program is causing it.

I wish event viewer would catch standby errors... most cases it doesnt