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!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: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 07:32:44 -0500 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 83 Message-ID: References: <5ju01dhk8r8t249bamlvdqm9sikbr5tpsj@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net resBUTWmXeFIYPJ6qiAHIhPddpKoK+Gu82SRp2PmGxtH8X65HzepK0aM8KSH4JTTGgQ/awxcb7NKFIE JySKfMUPKvgjoi2W7DrZdwSRE0tzLkAKSLosdvEPhMZWpHHg/ NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="99MQ9mS2znhMUVKUZQoSl0BLXoTc3YUsoMbsJ0Sd1zC1oOU3upwMhu9hYKx+y2neK SVQ5MUJDX+FdeDbzVI94UbpnxfugAJYoZppFrM5twPAtcDvls/HxHPYnPauBp8Q"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1R2f4q5B0eHWwbl1JJ7hzaHUXjs= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134642 >I think that means something related to video, is >blocking the states. The system states supported is in >pretty poor shape, as it's missing S3 and S4. > >A couple Googles show people are trying to re-install >their video driver. You might take a look in Device >Manager (devmgmt.msc) first, and see whether everything >is clean and there are no yellow marks and so on. > Hi Paul, There is a yellow (Device Manager) for "Other devices", "Video Controller". The "Device Status": "The drivers for this device are not installed (Code 28). This T23 laptop was given to me years ago. I will see if I have the driver for this and give that a try. I will let you (et al) know the results after (if) I find the video driver. Thank You again, John >There are two kinds of video drivers. The VESA driver is >for when the OS has no proprietary video card driver >installed. The ATI/Nvidia/Intel driver is the real, >full-featured driver, which enables hardware acceleration. >For the display adapter listed in Device Manager, you >want to see whether the text string is "branded" or >not, with a proprietary string. > >It's possible, once you resolve the driver issue, that >you won't even need dumppo. But time will tell. > >I think you're the first person I've run into, with >things blocked on a driver. The possibility was mentioned >on the Bellamy site, but I'd never seen it "in the wild". > >******* > >I learned a valuable lesson about computer hygiene and >video cards, a long time ago. I used to rip out and install >different video cards, with hardly a care in the world. At >one point, the computer had ATI, NVidia, and Matrox drivers >of some description. I never bothered to remove the >drivers. > >The proper way to handle video is: > >1) Go to Add/Remove and uninstall the current video driver. >2) Shut down, power off (unplug), install new video card. >3) System comes up and uses VESA driver initially. > That Microsoft VESA driver ensures you can see the screen. > It's basically just making a dumb frame buffer. >4) User then installs the proper driver for the new > brand of video card. Accelerated video returns to the > system. > >If you do it that way, there are fewer chances of >side effects. > >I got my OS in question, in such bad shape, I could >no longer get DMA/DIME working and games weren't >accelerated. I had to re-install, having learned >that I should be more careful in future. No amount >of "driver cleaners" would restore DMA/DIME. > >Obviously, you can have two different brands of >video cards in a computer at the same time. There are >likely to be some scenarios that are hard to resolve >(like one driver that has "taken" to two different >cards, when you really want some "newer" driver to >only be used for one of the cards). I don't know >all the answers to such complicated setups. I >did run two FX5200 AGP cards for a test once, and >that was enough "fun" with dual cards right there. >The cards would switch roles (who drive left monitor >and who drives right monitor), while the system >was running :-) I took that apart after >a couple days and returned to a single video card. > > Paul --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .