Resume from Sleep mode (Standby) When I resume from standby (which I do often with media center) the computer starts up in about 2 seconds, but then it gets completely bogged down and the hard drive light doesn't seem to turn off. If I want to get back into media center it takes about 5 minutes. It is actually faster to reboot than to resume from standby. On occasion I will also just get a black screen and I will be able to move my mouse pointer around on there, but it just sits for a long while. Any pointers or resolutions to this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
I would start with the driver updates to the latest versions, especially quick resume tech from intel and all chipset related driver (possibly intel-too). Graphic card drivers are very important too.
You cannot put a computer that has more than 4 GB of memory into hibernation in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, in Windows Vista, or in Windows Server 2008
Have you ever try Hibernate? Go to: Control Panel ->Power Option On Desktop check Power Saver -<Change plan settings ->Change advanced power settings. Click the + sign at Sleep ->Sleep after and set to: never ->Hibernate after and set to the time you like. Click Apply. That maybe solves your problem as it solved mine. Good Luck
Sleep Mode Avatar: I am referring to sleep mode. I have had no problems going into sleep mode in Vista. This is new to Windows 7. I'm not sure what it is doing; the HDD acts busy but in task manager shows system idle process has most CPU. I just don't get it. I have updated my BIOS, video driver, and changed all settings possible. Pisthai: I haven't tried hibernate. It seems like too deep a "sleep" to be using for a computer that is going in and out all the time to record shows and such in media center. I may have to try it anyway... if it is faster than sleep I guess I don't see why not to use it. We'll see. Hoping for a solution to the sleep problem.
Do those drivers and chipset files work for all computers? Wouldn't they be downloadable from intel as well?
These work for the following chipsets : Intel Matrix : Code: Intel Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller (ICH6M), Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller,ICH7R/ICH7DH) Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (ICH7M) Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI (ESB2) Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller (ICH8R) Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (ICH8ME/ICH8M) Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (ICH9) Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (ICH6R) Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (ICH7R/ICH7DH) Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Contr. (ESB2) Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (ICH7MR) Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA RAID Contr. (ICH8R) Intel Turbo Memory driver (Robson Technology Driver) : Code: Intel(R) 965/P35/X38/X48/X58 Express Chipset (with integrated turbo memory module) Intel® ViivTM Software Platform & Intel® Quick Resume Technology Code: Intel(R) 945G/945P/945GZ/946GZ/955/975X/945G/945GM/G965/P965/G33/P35 Express Chipset Intel Chipset drivers : Code: tel® 810 Chipset Intel® 810E Chipset Intel® 810E2 Chipset Intel® 815 Chipset Intel® 815E Chipset Intel® 815EM Chipset Intel® 815EP Chipset Intel® 815P Chipset Intel® 815G Chipset Intel® 815EG Chipset Intel® 820 Chipset Intel® 820E Chipset Intel® 830M Chipset Intel® 830MG Chipset Intel® 830MP Chipset Intel® 840 Chipset Intel® 845 Chipset Intel® 845E Chipset Intel® 845G Chipset Intel® 845GE Chipset Intel® 845GL Chipset Intel® 845GV Chipset Intel® 845MZ Chipset Intel® 845PE Chipset Intel® 848P Chipset Intel® 850 Chipset Intel® 850E Chipset Intel® 860 Chipset Intel® E7205 Chipset Intel® E7210 Chipset Intel® E7500 Chipset Intel® E7501 Chipset Intel® E7505 Chipset Intel® 852GM Chipset Intel® 852GME Chipset Intel® 852GMV Chipset Intel® 852PM Chipset Intel® 865G Chipset Intel® 865PE Chipset Intel® 865P Chipset Intel® 865GV Chipset Intel® 875P Chipset Intel® 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Intel® E7520 Intel® E7220/E7221 Intel® i94x/95x Serie Intel® 915GL Express Chipset Intel® 915PL Express Chipset Intel® 975X Express Chipset Intel® 5000 Series Chipset Intel® 3000/3010 Chipset Intel® 3000/3010/3100 Chipset Intel® Q963 Chipset Intel® Q965 Chipset Intel® P965 Chipset Intel® G965 Chipset Intel® 946GZ Chipset Intel® 946PL Chipset Intel® 946GL Chipset Intel® GM965 Chipset Intel® PM965 Chipset Intel® GL960 Chipset Intel® Q33/Q35/G33/G31 Intel® P35/X38/48/58 They would be on intel site, but I guarantee some of them are newer from the links I've provided.
Thanks I'll have to try those. But for now it is actually coming out of hibernate very well. If only my MCE remote would pull it out of hibernate I'd be set. So I'll stick with hibernate over standby for now. Thanks again.