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    T61p not resuming from Standby and Blank Screen on Idle

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Alcyon, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. Alcyon

    Alcyon Notebook Consultant

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    Hello, I made a thread about standby heat not too long ago, but this problem is no longer an issue http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=168737 . This is a different issue:


    the new problem is that the machine is not resuming from Standby. Let's say the machine is using the battery as power source, the lid is closed from standby and the Moon (Standby) icon is lit. When I open the lid to resume, the only thing that happens is the battery icon lights (along with the Moon icon) and that's it (the disk also seems to spin up, and I can turn on and off the ThinkLight but no response). Pressing the Fn key or any other combination of keys that would normally allow the machine to resume from Standby fails. The only option is to hold the power button and do a hard-boot. This happens maybe about half the time.


    Another issue, if I am on battery power (usually), and the monitor powers off for energy preservation, when I go to resume, the screen does not power back on, but everything is still running. (To clarify, the system did not go into standby, but just shut off the monitor to save power, as per Power Manager settings).The only way to fix this, that I've found, is to put the machine in Standby by using the Fn+F4 keys and then resuming just afterwards. In each case, the system resumed from Standby without problem. Is this a video driver problem? Power Manager problem?


    System Specs:
    T61p 15.4" with Clean Install Win XP Pro SP2
    2.2GHz T7500
    4GB OCZ memory
    200GB 7K200 hitachi drive
    Quadro 570M

    Video Driver: 6.14.11.5655
     
    Alcyon, Sep 17, 2007
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  2. Alcyon

    Alcyon Notebook Consultant

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    anyone? help?
     
    Alcyon, Sep 18, 2007
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  3. duffyanneal

    duffyanneal Notebook Deity

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    Take a look here.
     
    duffyanneal, Sep 18, 2007
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  4. Daniel L

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    Daniel L, Sep 19, 2007
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  5. Alcyon

    Alcyon Notebook Consultant

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    thank you! seems they upped a fix right under my nose.

    cheers!
     
    Alcyon, Sep 19, 2007
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  6. kns

    kns Notebook Evangelist

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    A general question: When we do the regular overall system updates ("update my system"), will these kinds of fixes be automatically downloaded?

    (in other words I'm not sure if I have these fixes. I just had an overall syetem update)
     
    kns, Sep 19, 2007
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  7. Alcyon

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    good question.
     
    Alcyon, Sep 19, 2007
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  8. The Oatman

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    I have the same issue and i've always just brought the screen back by hitting the Fn key.
     
    The Oatman, Sep 19, 2007
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  9. Irfan37

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    This issue happens to me as well and I use vista.
     
    Irfan37, Sep 19, 2007
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  10. Alcyon

    Alcyon Notebook Consultant

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    hopefully they will give a vista update too.

    the new OS fix has cured my problems.

    i'm that much more satisfied with my thinkpad now.
     
    Alcyon, Sep 20, 2007
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  11. dharmaboy

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    Woot, thanks again for this guys.

    Man I love this site.
     
    dharmaboy, Aug 24, 2008
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