The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Restarting when go to standby!!!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by akuryu, Oct 11, 2007.

  1. akuryu

    akuryu Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    hi,

    iam facing some strange thing with my laptop, i downgraded form vista to XP and now im facing a strange problem, the laptop cant go into standby or into hibernate!!! when ever the laptop try to, a blue screen will show with fast writings that is taking about an error then it simply restart!!!

    can u imagine living with a laptop with no standby or hibernate!!! :confused: :confused: :confused: its more like playing a DVD and u cant just pause it for some time!! and if u r working out side and u need to quickly move and put laptop on stand by, it'll just restart and battery is bye bye....

    can anyone help??
     
    akuryu, Oct 11, 2007
    #1
  2. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    144
    Messages:
    456
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If the blue screen goes too quickly when it restarts, grab a camera or camera phone and take a photo of it.. that way you can have a look at the message for as long as you like and look up the error number!

    Can't help you on the actual issue though I'm afraid... sorry!
     
    sasanac, Oct 11, 2007
    #2
  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,197
    Messages:
    28,841
    Likes Received:
    2,165
    Trophy Points:
    581
    First, have you checked the Microsoft patches for XP standby and hibernation problems? See here and here for examples. Is the version of XP you used SP2 or something older?

    Next search for newer versions of device drivers.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Oct 11, 2007
    #3
  4. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

    Reputations:
    2,674
    Messages:
    6,039
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    A better way is to configure the OS to NOT automatically restart after errors. That way the bluescreen will remain in place until you dispatch it

    Under XP go to My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Startup and Recovery and then turn off Automatic restart. You'll probably want to turn that back on after you get the info you want from the blue screen.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Oct 11, 2007
    #4
  5. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    144
    Messages:
    456
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    very true, good one, I'd forgotten about that feature! When I had XP I had it switched on but if you have no BSoDs you kind of forget about it!
     
    sasanac, Oct 11, 2007
    #5