Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:31:18 -0300 From: Eduardo Duca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stand by / Hibernation Errors
Machine: Libretto 110CT, 64MB RAM, 4.3G HD, Enhanced port replicator, Batt 1200mAh
What happens...? I am having problems with one of the most useful functionalities of any notebook that they are Standby (Suspend to RAM) and Hibernating (Suspend to Disk). (as all know has 4 LEDs in the superior part of the panel of LCD the first of the POWER that is green while linked and orange blinking while in state of Standby (suspend to RAM), the close is LED of HD that spares comments (its lights when this reading is obviate). The third are LED of the battery that is green while this carried and orange while carrying and finally the one of fork expresses indicating that this using for the socket.)
Them hour they perfectly work and hour they don't work or they work partially as I describe below.
I remember that when I bought Libretto the Suspend to Disk (Hibernate) it didn't work any in way for the previous owner's fact to have removed the partition for this end of HD. I gave a "resize" with partition magic and I left a good part for BIOS to recreate the partition, for only then to see what remained to extend the partition of Windows again (with what it just remained type left about 80 megas.. BIOS used about 78 for the partition of suspending... oh I re-extended the partition for the 2megas what remained) didn't I do badly, right?
It came with Windows 98. I formatted, I tested with Windows 2000 and it gave the same problems regarding hibernation and standby, but for other reason I ended up re-formatting again and going back to WIN98SE.
Then we are going the description of what happens with each one.
1 - Suspend to RAM (standby):
It rarely works... This configured correctly in BIOS in Hibernate and marked the option "Suspend to Ram when I close... �(That in the hardware setup that settles and it is in the control panel of Windows). But I already tested also in the option SUSPEND TO RAM of BIOS and of the in the same.
The following can happen when I close the panel or it arrives the time programmed for the standby in the manager of energy or it does tie choosing to enter in standby for the menu to begin:
a. Everything ok: I close the panel or etc. LED of the POWER of green it passes for orange, the panel LCD fades and Libretto is in standby. When I open the panel or of some form "wake up" the notebook, it returns the life usually, the light orange blinking if it turns green and some seconds later (sometimes many delaying a mouthful) Windows this as and where I had left. (but that everything is rare to happen)
b. Its goes, but it returns with mistake: I close the panel of LCD or I enter in some way in the standby (suspend to RAM), LED of the POWER it is orange blinking, and when I turn it on turn with the error message in the screen "Resume failure.. etc" and squeeze any key, he restarts Windows of the I begin.
c. It goes, but it doesn't return: I close the panel or of the time of the "Power Management" to enter in standby or choose in the menu to begin. LED of the POWER of green it passes for orange and it is blinking... everything ok. When I "wake up" the libretto LED returns the green being, the one of HD blinks very fast, but the notebook doesn't wake up. It is as if it locked the screen nor it lights is turned off even (without being black with the lit bottom and nor with cursor blinking nor anything). The only form of leaving of that to press and to hold the button of the POWER to turn off, and turn on again. In this case when Turn ON appears the message in the screen "RESUME FAILURE PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUES" and when pressing any key Windows it restarts of the I begin. (it is the case that more happens)
d. doesn't go: When entering in the standby mode (suspend to RAM) the screen of LCD turns off, HD turns off, but LED of the POWER it doesn't change for orange. It continues green and lit. When pressing button POWER again no turn on it continues with green LED and with the extinguished panel and turned off HD. Only pressing and holding it POWER for him to turn off, awaiting some time for then turn on again. (If it tries turn on soon LED is soon afterwards green but HD no it "wakes up" and the screen doesn't, being in the same way as if the libretto didn't turn on or it woke up)
e. it enters and it restarts: It enters in Standby mode, green LED is orange, it blinks two or three times and then it becomes green again, powering on the libretto and already appearing the message in the screen of it "RESUME FAILURE PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUES."
2 - Suspend to Disk (Hibernate):
Half of the times works or little more than that. The configuration as I already said is in HIBERNATE in BIOS (in spite of it ties not to have seen difference of none of the options to have tested with all of them today), in the Windows Power Management this activates the option of Hibernate:
a. Everything Ok: I press the button POWER for 1s, Windows informs that this preparing to Suspend for the Disk (or to Hibernate in the case of Win2000), few seconds later the screen darkens, it turns off then it returns with the BIOS animated logo of PC copying the information of the memory to disk and it totally turns off (all of LEDS turn off). When pressing it POWER for turn on, LEDS light, POWER and of HD, the screen light, then appears the BIOS animated logo of copying the data of the disk for RAM. LCD becomes black (but linked the bottom light) and a cursor blinking in the left superior corner. After several seconds or does it tie even one minute (does it want presses the key Windows or not) does he return for Windows (is it normal to be long to return of same Hibernate with the "speed" of the hibernate at the most in the Power Up control of Toshiba that is in the control panel?)
b. It copies and it doesn't turn off: I press POWER (or I choose in Hibernating in the Start Menu) Windows informs that this entering in the state, the screen darkens, it appears the BIOS animated logo indicating her copies of the data of RAM for HD and.... It is in that, the logo disappear, the screen is black and it turns off, but green LED of the POWER it doesn't turn off. For that I have to press and to hold the button POWER, then LED turns off indicating that the libretto was turned off. To turn on it usually returns, it appears the BIOS animated logo indicating the data coming back from HD for RAM, the screen is black with cursor (delay a mouthful) and oh Windows appears.
c. It goes and almost turn: ... Windows informs that it will enter in the hibernating mode, the screen is black, then appears the BIOS animated logo indicating copies of the data of RAM for HD, the notebook turns off. Sometimes lights LED of the POWER it is green but the one of HD only blinks and it doesn't carry anything, nor it appears the animated logo nor anything and is difficult to turn off pressing even and holding the button of the POWER. Then when I get turn on sometimes returns to the normal (appearing the BIOS animated logo), sometimes get error message it "RESUME FAILURE.. press any key" and so it restarts or except sometimes it simply restarts Windows of the direct beginning without asking anything.
d. Goes and reboot: .... The whole normal procedure, the animated logo it indicates to copy the data of RAM for HD, he turns off and then turn on by it self soon afterwards (without pressing POWER nor anything). In that he sometimes shows it soon going back the data of HD to RAM and it enters in Windows or of the message of it "Resume failure... etc" and it restarts Windows or it simply restarts without warning or I miss none.
e. Restart: ... Finally the most tragic that it is the most difficult of happening (rare). Windows informs that it had entered in hibernating mode, but when it will appear the BIOS animated logo... It doesn't appear, the screen is black and it simply restarts the computer beginning to reload Windows from the begin.
Usually delay a lot to return (maybe more than if I had usually light the notebook of the zero without to hibernate and to load Windows) it is the cursor blinking for several and several seconds. Even with Speed Hibernate option (Does its really works?)
3 - Hypotheses (what was already checked or no)
I already tested thought in the hypotheses:
a. Average voltage of the battery, that mine is alone of 1200mAh in my Libretto 110ct (in the battery it says that and original but I don�t know), but as it happens the same phenomena described even when linked in the electric current, I eliminated that option.
b. The second that I thought that could be was the RAM memory pathc (since I am with 64M against the 32 original), but I also discarded since I already used Windows 2000, WIN98 (without any error or crash or blue screen never.. no problem done tell with hard user) and to eliminate any other you doubt tested with the memtest86
c. HD, but did I test with the boot diskette for test and evaluation of own QUANTUM/SAMSUNG that it passed in all the tests (including the surface test) (does it detail, the type of you IDE that this configured in BIOS are Ultra, this correct one for the original model of HD of Toshiba Libretto 110CT (in the case Toshiba MK4309MAT)?
Or that options refer only for LBA mode or not?
4 - Final considerations:
Will it be that can be some problem types in the button turn on / turns off or does it tie even in the motherboard? Or of the same energy consumption (would interface batt, source or do I know in the entrance of energy?
Did anybody already have announces of something similar to that or some idea of the one what can be?
Does anybody know as command that question for the toshiba? In the site CSD didn't find as sending only how to consult the such Iris or FAQ.
I thank any help in advance
Thankful
Eduardo Duca
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