Hibernate and standby

Is there any possibility that you changed hardware, especially the video
card?

Hibernation might not work if the hardware is not current. For me, my system
BIOS is not current so the new video card I have is not totally supported.
Hibernation stopped working for me a couple of weeks after I installed the
new card. I have a desktop system, not a laptop, but hibernation worked for
me before I installed the video card. So you might have a similar problem.


"claymen" <claymen RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had to reinstall windows, and had to download from Microsoft something to
> allow a standby button. My Power Options lists Hibernate and I have it
> checked to hibernate when close monitor or press Power button. Nothing
> happens. If I click Standby the screen goes blank, the pc runs at full
> power, and I can't get the black screen to go away or turn off pc. Have
> to
> hold down On button for about 20 seconds. I know this can't be good. I
> need
> help. My Windows had Hibernate before I reinstalled.
> --
> Claymen
>

You should have solved the freezing problem so that you could standby AND
hibernate.
"karebu4672" <karebu4672 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I updated to I. E. 7 last year, I started having problems with
> standby
> and hibernate too. When I put my computer in stand-by it freezes and I
> have
> restart. Hibernate seems to work ok as long as I don't use a screen saver
> and don't have it set to go into stand-by after so many minutes of
> inactivity. When I have to walk away from the computer for an hour or more
> and don't want to shut it down, I manually put it in hibernate.
> --
> The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up
> there''''''''s no law against whacking them around a bit.
>
>
>
> "claymen" wrote:
>
>> I had to reinstall windows, and had to download from Microsoft something
>> to
>> allow a standby button. My Power Options lists Hibernate and I have it
>> checked to hibernate when close monitor or press Power button. Nothing
>> happens. If I click Standby the screen goes blank, the pc runs at full
>> power, and I can't get the black screen to go away or turn off pc. Have
>> to
>> hold down On button for about 20 seconds. I know this can't be good. I
>> need
>> help. My Windows had Hibernate before I reinstalled.
>> --
>> Claymen