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Standby lock ups!
The last two times I've put my new Dimension 8400 into standby, my entire system locks up. When I open programs, they immediately are "not responding". When I close, they won't. They will not end task either. I cannot even ctrl-alt-del my computer to restart or turn off.
Twice now I have had to hard reboot - force off by the power switch - my computer. Seems like standby would be a very basic, simple process. Not understanding the massive system lock-up???
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Posted January 6th, 2005 03:00
Standby has always been, let's say, fickle at best as a power management feature. End your nightmares and disable it. The loss of the headaches is well worth the fraction of pennies you were saving in power consumption...
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Posted January 6th, 2005 09:00
As mentioned, there have been several recent threads about this. Standby was originally designed for laptops to conserve battery power. And, as a Dell moderator noted it should not be used for Desktops.
Most suggest setting the monitor to "turn off" at a predetermined time and the same with the hard drive(s) is all that is needed.
Inspiron 16 5630 Laptop and WD22TB4 Docking StationSelf-built desktop for recording studio application
Digital_Boy
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Posted January 6th, 2005 02:00