October 9th, 2002, 05:56 AM
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What's with the the standby mode?
Here's initial configuration:
Laptop Toshiba SP6100
W2K SP2 FI
Part of a W2K/Novell domain
I installed SP3 FI on the laptop, and as usual close the lid when I'm ready to go home from work. But the computer now refuses to enter standby. Previously when I closed the lid the laptop entered standby mode fine (it is so configured from the toshiba power saver). It doesn't stay poweron either, it enters some odd state where I have the desktop color and mouse cursor (which I can move, but I can't do anything else but force power off).
BUT,
If I remove the RJ45 connector from the back of the laptop before I close the lid, it will enter standby correctly.
As I thought this was a problem with SP3 I uninstalled it, but the problem remains. It won't enter standby mode if the network cable is connected.
What could be the cause of this?
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October 9th, 2002, 05:59 AM
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perhaps your PC's network card has got this Wake Up function
maybe should take a look at the network card properties!
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October 9th, 2002, 06:06 AM
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The Wake on LAN function might also be found in the bios settings.
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October 9th, 2002, 06:41 AM
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I doubt sp3 modified my bios.
However, I set so that power saving isn't allowed to shut down my network adapter and initial testing succeeded. It did enter standby correctly.
I once had a desktop computer which wanted to start itself up every ten seconds. I would shut it down, and it would restart after 10secs. It did that even though it didn't have any network cable attached and I had to pull the power cord out to sto it from doing it. Stupid network, stupid computers 
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October 9th, 2002, 06:54 AM
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No, didn't solve anything.
The problem seems to happen if I have any program open. If I close the lid with nothing open standby will occur. But if I open, eg. explorer it will not enter standby.
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October 10th, 2002, 02:34 AM
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Another update 
I closed the lid yesterday evening in order to have my laptop ready for work. Didn't have any program open, nor a network cable attached. But it did it again, no standby mode. Just the damn blue screen with moving mouse cursor and nothing to do.
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