Subj : Re: Unable to "Standby" my ThinkPad T23 Laptop To : All From : nospam@needed.invalid Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Unable to "Standby" my ThinkPad T23 Laptop Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:39:44 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 108 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:39:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="83a918a7d2d0e29c297ee0da4b234ec5"; logging-data="20126"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+1HCYFpAfSLfOHDfw4Iq3ADFxPSzJwY6w=" User-Agent: Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:SIxmqgr1PnkvfHnVZyAoGG/empc= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134618 jaugustine@verizon.net wrote: > >>> I downloaded dumppo.exe, but it did NOT "work" using the command: via >>> CMD.EXE (Command Prompt) : >>> "dumppo admin /ac minsleep=s3". I tried other commands too. >>> >>> Any other "Standby" tools or technique for WinXP? >>> >>> Thank You in advance, John >> Not unless you can make the ftp.microsoft.com >> FTP server work again. >> >> Did "dumppo admin" work ? So you could review the >> current capabilities ? >> >> When I type >> >> dumppo >> >> it answers >> >> dumppo: cap ps bs admin ac dc >> >> See if the bellamy version gives those options. >> >> Dumppo is *the* tool for ACPI problems, mainly because >> there is no other tool... >> >> Paul > > Hi Paul, > > The "answer" is exactly as you described above, "dumppo: cap ps bs...." > > The file size is 13,584. > > Maybe this has nothing to do with it, but I also checked BIOS settings > (at bootup) incase there was something there that is preventing "Standby", > but the closest setting I found was a "Suspend" timer which was "Enabled" > after 20 minutes (adjustable). > > John The "dumppo" tool is supposed to have two purposes. 1) List the currently supported ACPI states 2) Issue an override, in an attempt to re-enable missing state support, when any associated hardware mis-configurations have been corrected. It doesn't help to do an override, if the underlying problem is still present. Say, for example, in WinXP, you look at Device Manager, look under Computer, and it doesn't say "ACPI Multiprocessor PC". When the word ACPI is missing, it means ACPI isn't present at all. You would probably lose both Sleep and Hibernate. The OS might then revert to APM (the older standard), and you would see "It is safe to turn off this computer" in a 640x480 window just after shutdown. The computer doesn't even know about the "power button" and cannot "press" it's own power button in that case. What's under computer is called the HAL (Hardware Abstration Layer), and certain HAL transitions are hard to fix. Getting ACPI back is a re-install (repair install). When the BIOS supports ACPI, the BIOS passes ACPI tables to the OS, the OS installer can install an ACPI subsystem. The word "ACPI" will be present for the entry in Computer. In that subsystem, are standby, sleep, hibernate. Sometimes, one of the "smaller" BIOS settings, disables sleep support. The OS takes that to heart, and mimics what it sees. It *removes* sleep support. And, it's in no rush to put it back either. It's a trap door behavior. For example, your CMOS battery could die one day, and an errant setting could "tip over" your Sleep in WinXP, requiring dumppo. The "dumppo" program is like a hint. It's saying to the OS "why don't you try sleep again". If the setting takes and the OS doesn't disable sleep again, then the dumppo listing capability should then show that sleep support is back. So the first step, is to try to get dumppo to list the currently supported states. https://s7.postimg.org/f1tp6fyaz/dumppo.gif In the more detailed output, I have S1 S3 S4 S5 There is no S2. S1 = Standby (monitor goes blank) S3 = Sleep S4 = Hibernate S5 = Soft Off HTH, Paul --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .