Subj : Re: Unable to "Standby" my ThinkPad T23 Laptop To : All From : jaugustine@verizon.net Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jaugustine@verizon.net Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Unable to "Standby" my ThinkPad T23 Laptop Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:30:56 -0500 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 108 Message-ID: <5ju01dhk8r8t249bamlvdqm9sikbr5tpsj@4ax.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net TB5QP27af5ZbFjReMEv+m0G3+xEnLRrzvYYSTi+9QGi65DQI4d9lfxI8r8AvoMNyLbXVc5Cjb0fG5by 5Fx6/UQ== NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:31:07 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="DJFWmYNlkP7/ncnXBq+XearorpaYLKxSxLR76XR0gxsUj4rMBSQj/5xOyU978nrYj 9+l45RvWZ1rmMzzrfMkeDy7jAoxWfzyksLjtxuWN+ME27eAch0l9nO75iuq3kE7"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 Cancel-Lock: sha1:HE7ygFpgzbTvrl1E2R3dRK8/rB0= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134631 >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". Hi Paul, It DOES show "ACPI....." under "Computer" via "Device Manager". BTW, I forgot to mention that the FN & F4/Sleep keys combo does NOT work with WinXP, but DOES (put to "sleep") with Win98. Here is the results of using command, "dumppo admin cap": Admin policy overrides Min sleep state......: S3 Max sleep state......: S4 - hibernate Min video timeout....: 0 Max video timeout....: -1 Min spindown timeout.: 0 Max spindown timeout.: -1 power capabilities System power capabilities Power Button Present....: TRUE Sleep Button Present....: TRUE Lid Present.............: TRUE System states supported.: S5 Hiber file reserved.....: FALSE Thermal control.........: TRUE CPU Throttle control....: TRUE Processor min throttle..: 64 Processor trottle scale.: 100 (1%) Some disk will spindown.: TRUE System batteries present: TRUE System batteries scale..: (G:0 C:0) (G:0 C:0) (G:0 C:0) Ac on line wake ability.: Unspecified Lid wake ability........: Unspecified RTC wake ability........: S4 - hibernate Min device wake.........: Unspecified Default low latency wake: Unspecified LEGACY DRIVER DETECTED VgaSave Again, Thanks, John >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) .