OT: Where would I go to find out about Suspend problems?

Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but for some reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead of completely off. The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reason for this?? dave henrie (tia)

I would try a registry restore Sem "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qoKy8.150413$G72.85917@sccrnsc01... > Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system > down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally > dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my > keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) > I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but forsome > reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead ofcompletely > off. > The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed > fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 > minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... > Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reasonfor > this?? > dave henrie > (tia) > > >

Dave Henrie wrote:

Quoted text (15 lines)

> > Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system > down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally > dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my > keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) > I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but for some > reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead of completely > off. > The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed > fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 > minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... > Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reason for > this?? > dave henrie > (tia)

alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

Hi Dave, go here: http://www.amdmb.com/vb/index.php They have sections for many motherboards and are quite good. The direct link to their Asus motherboard section is this: http://www.amdmb.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=1e64fad44bd011c32ca7c6fc84907b1d& forumid=8 Don't forget to reassemble this URL if it gets wrapped by your newsreader (or mine) Achim "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qoKy8.150413$G72.85917@sccrnsc01... > Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system > down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally > dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my > keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) > I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but forsome > reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead ofcompletely > off. > The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed > fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 > minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... > Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reasonfor > this?? > dave henrie > (tia) > > >

Dave... It sounds like you have ACPI activated as your "power saving" program. Besides doing what you describe...it does another 5,000 bad things you don't want. Next time you install a fresh Win98SE (if that's what you are using)....install the APM power management module, not ACPI. Aside from that, why do you have your power management software functional? It really isn't necessary for a "gaming rig"....turn it off. Tom "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qoKy8.150413$G72.85917@sccrnsc01... > Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system > down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally > dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my > keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) > I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but forsome > reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead ofcompletely > off. > The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed > fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 > minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... > Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reasonfor > this?? > dave henrie > (tia) > > >

Dave Henrie wrote:

Quoted text (14 lines)

> Twice now my system has acted like it was dead. I've shut the system > down, gone to work and then come home....and it wouldn't start. Totally > dead...except for an led on the Asus motherboard and a light on my > keyboard(so I knew the power was still good) > I have the system setup to restart when hitting the space bar but for some > reason, when I shut it down it went into suspend mode instead of completely > off. > The first time I took it into a shop...paid for New memory and it seemed > fine. until today when it happened again. I pulled the plug for about 15 > minutes and when I plugged it back in...the sucker started right up... > Any sites or newsgroups I can poke around to see if there is a reason for > this?? > dave henrie > (tia)

Don't recall whether you ever upgraded to XP, but if you did check this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q311542 HTH -- Fester Hey nobody's perfect, not even myself 8) -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> 4/15/02