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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by orionll, Apr 30, 2008.

  1. orionll

    orionll Active Member

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    Hi everyone,

    I have been having trouble with my computer sleeping.

    I had just upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit from Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit. In 32 bit, sleep worked fine and there were no issues with sleep. I installed 64 bit to (mostly) take advantage of all 4 gb of my RAM. Now, I have all the latest drivers and everything is almost back to normal (sleep and TV tuner (Aver Volar) don't work). Now some of the sleep options in the control panel's power sleep applet are gone and when I make my compuer go into sleep, my computer will always resume with corrupt video (very many white lines all over the screen) and corrupt sound/audio (static sounding).

    My computer specs are:

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ overclocked to 3.15 GHz
    4.00 GB of Corsair RAM
    nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640 mb
    ASUS M2R32-MVP (using integrated audio)
    Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

    I would really like to get some help

    Thanks in advance

    -Orion
     
    #1 orionll, Apr 30, 2008
  2. TheForce

    TheForce Stop War! Lets Rave! Make Love!

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    Sounds like a video driver issue. Have you searched in google with your problems? I've been out of fixing computers for a few years but if I remember correctly a sleep issue is usually a video driver issue or motherboard driver issue. If you try to uninstall your video driver does windows update let you download a driver for your video card? Sometimes issues with video can be resolved by letting windows update get the driver it wants. Sometimes it can cause problems too. If anything you should upgrade to XP SP3. ;)
     
    #2 TheForce, Apr 30, 2008
  3. orionll

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    Thanks for the suggestion!

    I've already tried Googling my problem, but I haven't found anything that would help, so I ask for help on my own :)

    I'll try letting Windows Update install the driver on it's own.

    Thanks again

    -Orion

    P.S. Installing XP SP3 would be a solution and probably work, but it avoids the entire point of using Vista sleep.
     
    #3 orionll, Apr 30, 2008
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    SP1 for Vista 64 bit supposedly addresses many "sleep" issues.
     
    #4 tnthub, May 1, 2008
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    Yes, in an effort to cut power consumption I've been trying sleep on my Vista x64 too. I put it to sleep manually at night. It does not wake up for True Image back up tasks but does for Replay AV scheduled recordings. Surprisingly, these audio recordings turn out fine. I say surprisingly, since Replay did work from sleep with an older, XP machine. Sometimes when computers come back from sleep some parts don't work properly. Not much you can do but to avoid using sleep. It would be great if it worked for your TV recordings, but if you ever got it to behave I'd be very surprised. Sorry.
     
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    Vista should be put to sleep. :D

    Tom
     
    #6 qbee42, May 1, 2008
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    If you upgrade windows does the prius run better or get better gas milage? thanks
     
    #7 Silver bullit, Apr 9, 2009
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    No. You have to switch to Linux for that.

    Tom
     
    #8 qbee42, Apr 9, 2009
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    No, but before you make any turn a window pops up "STEERING WHEEL has requested turn. Do you really want to turn now? (Yes) (Cancel)". If you hit the "Yes" button you have to input your admin name and password. For every turn.
     
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    I've pretty much given up on Vista Ultimate, last time I even turned the bloody thing on was over a month ago. Make sure the motherboard bios is fully updated. Ditto video drivers. Ditto Vista itself (You may have to manually run the update and look for optional updates it suggests for your hardware)

    Good luck!
     
    #10 jayman, Apr 9, 2009
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