HEL-80 does not restore after lid close "Stand By"

I've set my power options such that when I close my lid, the system is supposed to go into "Stand By". However, whenever I reopen my lid, I cannot get the HEL-80 to restore. I've tried moving my mouse, pushing every key, etc... nothing. I've tried briefly pressing the power, but that does nothing as well.

The only thing I can do is hold the power button down for a while, then let go, which then turns off the power light on the power button and the front of the laptop. I can then press power again and the system reboots from scratch.

Is there a BIOS upgrade I'm needing? It's pretty frustrating to not be able to close my lid, move my laptop, and re-open the lid and continue from where I left off.

Thank you for any input!

P.S.-- I am running WinXP, which came with my Compal. All Windows updates have been installed.

 

tritium_pie, there are a few threads on this subject in the Compal forum. I think a quick search under standby or black screen should bring them up quickly.

You need a MS hotfix to correct this problem. There is also a link to the file in my HEL80 review.

Here you go:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=81368&highlight=standby
Scroll down to the laptopvideo2go link. That's the file you need.

 

thank you chrisyano!

 

While on the subject, i know hibernate puts everything on the hard drive and goes into a low power mode but what does sleep vs standby do ?

thx
pete

 

Sleep is a more advancd mode of standby

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/performance.mspx

 

Anyone know where else to get this hot fix. The laptopvideo2go site is no longer there and Microsoft doesn't have the download on their site.

David

 

Never mind, I found it at http://www.sephiroth-j.de/1/downloads/diverses.php