Ever since I got Vista Ultimate a bit over a year ago it was very
reluctant to enter sleep mode; it would manage that maybe one in four
tries. This is on a Gateway fX530XV with a 24 in gateway monitor. I
recently installed SP1 and it has absolutely refused to go to sleep.
When that choice is clicked on the monitor goes dark and very shortly
the orange standby light comes on. The hard drive light quits flashing
and the system will accept no inputs at all. I have to use the power
button to turn it off and then during restart I have to click on "Start
Windows Normally" to avoid a period of apparent self checking, then it
goes on to the user page and then to a chosen desktop. I would like for
it to access sleep so as to return to where it was when paused, as well
as having a quicker restart. Comments would certainly be welcome. Oh
yeah, the unit has 4GB RAM and a processor that runs at 2.13 Hz, and
neither has ever been a bother.
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Chuck E