[Michael Wright]

I have a small home network...three wired computers and one laptop (normally using a wireless connection). All computers run XP-Home, SP2. I'm having trouble with the computers going into standby. I've tried having them set to enter standby after 30 or 45 minutes. This very rarely works...sometimes I'm surprised by seeing them enter Standby...but when the computers are left on and idle for several hours, usually they don't enter standby.

Specifically, my fairly new Gateway won't enter standby very faithfully! I've updated drivers, scanned for viruses and spyware, but still just cannot get standby to work very well.

Would anyone have any suggestions for how I could trouble-shoot this?

Thanks.

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This usually related to either applications running in the background that access the disk, or poor implementation of APM in bios

If it is the first, try booting with no start up applications running -- you can do this by
start > run
msconfig
<enter>

Uncheck everythng in STARTUP as a test


THe latter requires a BIOS update.

[gerryf]

This usually related to either applications running in the background that access the disk, or poor implementation of APM in bios

If it is the first, try booting with no start up applications running -- you can do this by
start > run
msconfig
<enter>

Uncheck everythng in STARTUP as a test


THe latter requires a BIOS update.

[Murray S.]

Howdy and welcome to G2G:

Try booting into BIOS and disabling "Wake on Lan".. Also, make sure ACPI is enabled !!

Murray

[gerryf]

yes, good catch...wake on lan is another one that causes this....ACPI should be enabled by default, but it is work checking. Another way to check if it is enabled is to go to Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.

In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.

In the details pane, click Computer.

If Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC is listed under Computer, the computer is operating in ACPI mode.

[Michael Wright]

Thanks to those of you who have replied. This has worked in the past...it seems to be something that has come up within the last month or so. I've suspected something running, but I cannot figure out what it is.

I can set the time to 20 minutes or less for Standby, and at least the Gateway works just fine. I never get any errors about anything keeping in from Standby, it just doesn't work.

RE: Wake-On Lan...are you suggesting that because these computers are hooked together as a network that this might be keeping the computer awake?

[gerryf]

PCs are constantly jabbering at each other in the background, so yes, it can keep them from entering standby.

QUick check...unplug the pc from the network and see if it will enter standby

[Michael Wright]

I did the quick check idea (btw, thanks!) and the computer did enter standby...automatically. Evidently maybe it is a "network issue" since I have shared files and printers, etc. Thanks for the good ideas.

Does anyone know a way to have the network issues but still have the computer enter into standby?

I like this forum.

[gerryf]

in bios, turn off wake on lan

[Michael Wright]

"Wake on LAN from S5" is the only thing I see like this. It is set to "Stay Off." The option is "Power On." Any thoughts?