What makes a computer able to standby?

[Wiseguy69]

I have an old 366 Celeron that used to be able to go into standby with Windows ME. I recently pieced it back together and installed XP but it will only hibernate, no standby option. I have APM enabled and the option to use the power button for sleep/awake selected in the bios.

This happened once before w/ my PIII-800 but somehow fixed itself. I can figure it out.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Somewhere in the BIOS power management section there should be a selection for something like "S1" or "S3" that defines what happens when your system goes to "sleep". That's about all I know, I haven't ever cared.

 

[TheCorm]

Hmmm...I wasn't aware of that option being in the bios will have to take a look as my system just goes off while still being on when I standby....if you know what I mean, it won't come back out of standby! Annoying when I accidentally hit the standby button on the keyboard instead of mute!

Jamie

 

[Wiseguy69]

I actually had the "not coming out of standby" problem before. I think is was lack of RAM. How much do you have?

 

[TheCorm]

512mb (PC2100) on Windows XP....Don't have the iTouch software installed for my Logitech keyboard....hmm...don't think that could be it though.

Jamie

 

[Wiseguy69]

You have enough memory. Might be a driver conflict, but I doubt its iTouch not being installed. Actually the older versions of iTouch gave me a lot of problems. The newest one seems ok though.