Reboot on Standby

[DerekBaker]

When I suspend (from Win XP Home SP2) my machine immediately reboots.

Machine is stable otherwise (am having a boot problem with Linux, but it is unclear if that's related).

Athlon 64 3400+
Asus K8N BIOS 1011 (1011 BETA005 on boot screen)
2x 1GB Crucual DDR400 @ DDR333
ATI X800Pro @ ATI X800XT
Creative Audigy

BIOS settings:

ACPI Suspend Mode = S3 only
Repost Video on S3 Resume = No
ACPI 2.0 Support = Yes
SCPI APIC Support = Enabled

PME Resume; RI Resume; Onboard LAN Resume; RTC Resume; Resume on PS/2 Keyboard; Resume on PS/2 Mouse = Disabled

Restore on AC PowerLoss = Power On

Thanks for any help

 

[Binky]

Getting S3 sleep is often very difficult on any given mix of hardware. Sometimes it works perfectly right from the start, but other times it's a nightmare.

Simple but limited fix - set it to S1 only in bios. This will probably solve your reboot issue, but S1 is not nearly as good as S3 sleep.

I use a little app called "MCE standby tool" under WinXP and Vista Media Center. It helps to force a certain standby mode in Windows.

Edit: forgot to mention that Media Center forums are extremely good places to research sleep issues, since MCE machines run 24/7 and noise is a huge issue. Try the Green Button forums, and maybe silentPC.