B00ne Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Hallo, I have some odd standby issues, the main problem is I cant resume from standby. However, the behavior is rather random: Mostly just nothing happens when I press a key move the mouse or press the power button; Sometimes the computer instantly restartet upon moving the mouse or pressing the power button, the keyboard had no effect, and yet again sometimes, the computer would seem to power up but not resume (fans started, the optical drives were powered [the light came on and I could open the tray] dunno if the HD powerd up too - it's rather quiet) Anyway the end result was the same: no resume/wake up Hibernating does work. I checked in the hardware properties and yes the keyboard and mouse are set to wake the system from standby and all hardware does support at S1 and S3 (shown in Details). Just to counter the inevitable comments toward the power supply. The power supply is fine: it may not be the in most users realms well known taiwanese or US brands. However it is a a very high quality and high efficiency ATX 2.1and 2.2 compliant power supply from a german manufacturer that has earned high praises in its target market (Europe/Germany) Even if it is 470W, the requirement wasnt 480 when I built this PC for once, second the 10W wont make a difference especially since many generic 500 or 600W rated power supplies wouldnt even handle 400W real world power. If anyone has some hints toward getting stndby to work i would be grateful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostock62 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Standby option is a ongoing problem that has not been corrected.Mine when i hit standby my computer shuts down.Try using the search and put standby in and it will pull up a lot of issues with standby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00ne Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 yeah I already searched, but didnt find anything conclusive. So does that mean I have to live without standby? Because I "need " it - use my PC as HTPC too, so without standby I had to leave the PC running on full 24/7 to not miss shows which are scheduled to be recorded..... Oh btw, I am not overclocking Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostock62 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Ive had my setup for 6 months now and still no standby.Ive tried diffrent bios drivers with out any luck.This apears to be a ongoing problem that has not been solved.I wish i knew a fix also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTjik Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 @ B00ne I'm sure you'll be better of not using the 'stand-by' option, since even when it works this function doesn't seem to be very compatible wiht a AMD 64 processor. If I use it my system comes back up running with a CPU temperature (in MBM5) of 60 C, and others have experienced the same. So don't use 'stand-by'. Someone did complaine that why doesn't it work with these processors, when Intel's has a better support for this function. I don't know if that's a valid argument, but what I know is that most AMD 64's consume 30 % less electricity than Intel's (I'm a former Intel user), and with this systems you'll be up running in about 30 seconds anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00ne Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Well but to be honest it wouldnt bother me if the Temp reading is 60°C because in reality it probably isnt that hot (or is it? cant imagine - havent seen mine above 40°C ever) Anyway - I guess I am getting convinced that I should let it rest and just live on without standby (as I did in the past - build the system last year in Feb.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTjik Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Can it be that hot? He, he, yep I think that's a ongoing problem if we can trust or not these software based reports of temperatures. Whatever is the absolute truth I don't take my chanses, at least not in this case. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syar2003 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 It's mostly chipset and bios restrictions of proper power management. I have a HP A64 sempron laptop and all standby/hibernate/power saving options work like it should . Also ,desktop boards initially isn't meant to do this. Power management features were designed for laptops to preserve battery . And HTPC should be buildt with a designated chipset/m-ATX mobo for this kind of usage , not use a overclocker ATX/BTX/EPS desktop NF4 board . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00ne Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 And HTPC should be buildt with a designated chipset/m-ATX mobo for this kind of usage ,not use a overclocker ATX/BTX/EPS desktop NF4 board . maybe, however, this is my main computer and I just happen to use it for watching/recording TV too it is not a dedicated HTPC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneArmed Badger Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 The board supports two levels of standby: S1 and S3. I've had no problems with S1 but with S3 the desktop shows for a second then the system shuts down. If you're having problems with standby check which level you are using. This is in the bios under Power Management Setup/ACPI Suspend Type: S1 - goes to S1 in standby S3 - goes to S3 in standy S1&S3 - Goes to S1 if Windows power scheme is Home/Office Desktop or to S3 if it's Portable/Laptop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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