Re: 'Hibernate' mode by William
William
Thu Oct 04 17:18:11 CDT 2007
This is a belated update. The problem has been partially solved....
HP acknowledged that, somehow, for reasons they didn't get
involved with, my Presario's XP came with no 'hibernate' tab in
the Power Options neighborhood. They had me delete ACPI from
the Control Panel/Systems/device manager/System devices (I
think that's where), and when I rebooted, it found them and
installed the Hibernate tab on the Power Schemes tabs, and
now the system seems able to go into something resembling
hibernation. I used to have a long list of power schemes
including Standby and Energy-Wise, and now there are only
two...Home/Office and Laptop (I think).
So all of the looking and advice were pleasant and much appreciated....
but the solution was in getting hibernate installed when it had not
been. Thanks for trying, guys.
Bill L.
Unknown wrote:
> I'm sure you know that API is 'application program interface'. I don't
> however know how it ties into your failure.
> I have nothing running in the background on my system and always use standby
> followed by hibernation and never have any failures. I can only suspect you
> have something running in the background or something scheduled quite often.
> Don't know if auto update can cause this as I don't use auto update.
> One approach to solving would be to remove everything in the startup folder.
> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:OKTTNtbBIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> And here's another new wrinkle: After sitting idle for 20 minutes,
>> the power button light began to flash, and an error pane popped
>> up, saying "Windows Ststem Error---Insufficient system resources
>> to complete the API"....
>>
>> Gosh, I have 1.5GB of Ram, and everything looks reasonable in
>> Task Manager/Performance. Commit charge 458, limit 2040, peak 740.
>> Kernel Memory 117M, paged 90M, non-paged 28M. CPU usage low.
>> What else can I do to check?
>>
>> I thought I had hit on the right combination of settings yesterday,
>> because it "hibernated" properly. Then overnight it just stayed in
>> the mode where the monitor shut down, but even Screen Saver
>> didn't, and of course the main power button was still lit.
>>
>> Does Microsoft, who I assume generated the software built into
>> Control Panel>>Power Options have any written KB articles
>> telling how to set up all the options? Like, what should I *not*
>> have running "in the background" in order to make sure that it
>> hibernates?
>>
>> William B. Lurie wrote:
>>> You're pretty much right on all counts, UNK.
>>> I do have APM and it has Hibernate as one of
>>> many options in dropdowns. I had been using
>>> APM (I think) and decided to try the Home/Office Desk
>>> option instead of Energy Star. There are so many
>>> possible combinations, I think I'll eventually hit
>>> on the one (again) that turns the power light off
>>> but resumes where it left off when power button
>>> is pressed again. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Unknown wrote:
>>>> Compaq apparently has incorporated APM (advanced power management) in a
>>>> slightly different manner than other computers. Every computer that I
>>>> have run across has a hibernation tab in power options (unless the main
>>>> board doesn't support it). APM can be enabled or disabled in BIOS. I
>>>> have never seen 'sleep button' but since your computer is fairly new it
>>>> could be something new. Another difference is that in power options the
>>>> user can set the idle time before the system hibernates. All I can say
>>>> is your system appears to be going into standby mode and not
>>>> hibernation.
>>>> When the computer hibernates the power light goes off and to resume you
>>>> must hit power on button. In standby, the computer resumes upon a mouse
>>>> movement or key depression on the keyboard.
>>>> Since yours is a fairly new machine it warrants a call to Compaq tech
>>>> support if for no other reason than to learn something new. Sorry I
>>>> can't help.
>>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:OeBul$GBIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Unknown wrote:
>>>>>> Which XP OS are you using?
>>>>> I have a Compaq Presario, less than 1 year old,
>>>>> with XP Home/SP2......
>>>>>
>>>>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OJ0i$DGBIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Unknown wrote:
>>>>>>>> From what you describe you system goes into standby mode and is not
>>>>>>>> going into Hibernation.
>>>>>>>> Do you have hibernation tab in power options and is it set to allow
>>>>>>>> hibernation?
>>>>>>> There is no hibernation tab as such....but hibernation appears
>>>>>>> as an option in two places......under Advanced.........as
>>>>>>> an option when I press the "shut off" button, and when I press
>>>>>>> the "sleep" button.......which is a new term to me.
>>>>>>>> Also are you running background program which will prevent
>>>>>>>> hibernation?
>>>>>>> No.......or at least not that I know of. Besides, I liked the
>>>>>>> mode in which it returned me, when starting up again, to the
>>>>>>> same place I was at.....mailbox, Swiss Radio Classic.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:uje3oVEBIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>> Yes, thank you. But the machine seems to have a mind of its
>>>>>>>>> own and ignores those settings. I'm set for Home/Office Desk
>>>>>>>>> Power Schemes, and Monitor off after 15 minutes, Hard
>>>>>>>>> Disk off Never, and System Standby 20 minutes. With those
>>>>>>>>> settings, the green power light on my PC doesn't ever go
>>>>>>>>> out. But I used to have an arrangement where all of the above
>>>>>>>>> are (I thought) as I state them, but the main power light
>>>>>>>>> goes out.......and when I hit the power button to 'resume', it
>>>>>>>>> comes on, to where it left off, and *quickly*, not a Reboot.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Unknown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Have you checked the settings in control panel--power options?
>>>>>>>>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:uTHjlX8AIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>>> My XP seems to have a mind of its own as to shutting
>>>>>>>>>>> monitor off and later putting OS into a power-down
>>>>>>>>>>> mode of some sort, so that when I hit the power button,
>>>>>>>>>>> it all comes back on fairly quickly to where it was.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. Are rules
>>>>>>>>>>> and definitions published for how to make it do that
>>>>>>>>>>> every time?
>>>>
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