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Topic: a 'Sleep' issue |
Leroy Riggs
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Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Aug 2009 12:19 pm |
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I have Dell 32-bit Vista that sometimes I have a hard time getting it to 'sleep' even by going under the menu. (I normally have it sleep when I close the lid and that rarely works either.)
Is anyone else having a problem with this 'sleep'? |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 6:52 am
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John Cipriano
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 11:13 pm
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Usually this comes down to a USB hub or device or a network card. They might stay powered when the computer sleeps and then try to wake up the computer because they see or anticipate activity.
Look at this, especially the advice about USB hubs (your computer will have an internal USB hub):
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/685493.htm
Or Google "vista won't sleep" or something similar, there's lots of advice all over the internet and you might have to just try everything to see what works. I can't tell you specifically what to look for because every chipset and driver looks a little different. But I hope that helps somewhat. |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 8:38 am
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Thanks John. Yeah, I've been all over Google since day one with this sleep thing. I've come to the conculsion that my WiFi is preventing my computer from going to sleep.
I'm now trying to figure out how to let the sleep command also turn off WiFi when it goes to sleep. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 9:21 am
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| Leroy Riggs wrote: |
Thanks John. Yeah, I've been all over Google since day one with this sleep thing. I've come to the conculsion that my WiFi is preventing my computer from going to sleep.
I'm now trying to figure out how to let the sleep command also turn off WiFi when it goes to sleep. |
Leroy;
Go to Device Manager and open the Network Adapters section via the + sign. Locate the wireless network adapter and open its properties sheet. Click the Power Management tab, disable the "Allow this device to wake the computer" check box, and then click OK.
There may also be a Wake-On-Lan (WOL) function enabled in your BIOS. If so, disable it and save the changes.
Other causes and solutions:
Microsoft KB.
LifeHacker WOL article.
Good article about fixing random awakening of a sleeping computer on HowToGeek.
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 1:41 pm
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| Thx, Wix. I'm looking. |
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