Comments on: Windows XP SP3 Power-save Issues http://bashelton.com/2009/02/windows-xp-sp3-power-save-issues/ Technology enthusiast gone rambling lunatic! Wed, 02 May 2012 19:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Benjamin http://bashelton.com/2009/02/windows-xp-sp3-power-save-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Benjamin Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:49:14 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=316#comment-140 Added one last update. Added one last update.

]]> By: Benjamin http://bashelton.com/2009/02/windows-xp-sp3-power-save-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Benjamin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:32:36 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=316#comment-134 Added a couple of updates. Added a couple of updates.

]]> By: Benjamin http://bashelton.com/2009/02/windows-xp-sp3-power-save-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Benjamin Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:34:48 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=316#comment-128 It's been going on for about six months, and it finally irritated me enough today to try resolving it. I've had the same NVIDIA board for about 3 years now, and it's never given me a lick of trouble. What's entertaining, though, is that power save states work fine in Win 7, Ubuntu, Gentoo, and XP x64. Yet, recently, the instant I return to XP SP3, it refused to set sleep mode on the monitor. I guess it never bothered me that much, because I could simply press the power button whenever I expected to be gone for a while. For the last week, things have been a little different; my usage patterns have grown somewhat sporadic--especially in the evening--and I'll leave the system for more than 10 minutes at a time to take care of other things (or read). It's nice not to have to babysit the monitor, and it's amazing how something as trivial as a sleep state will <b>drive you insane</b> when it doesn't work. It’s been going on for about six months, and it finally irritated me enough today to try resolving it.

I’ve had the same NVIDIA board for about 3 years now, and it’s never given me a lick of trouble. What’s entertaining, though, is that power save states work fine in Win 7, Ubuntu, Gentoo, and XP x64. Yet, recently, the instant I return to XP SP3, it refused to set sleep mode on the monitor.

I guess it never bothered me that much, because I could simply press the power button whenever I expected to be gone for a while. For the last week, things have been a little different; my usage patterns have grown somewhat sporadic–especially in the evening–and I’ll leave the system for more than 10 minutes at a time to take care of other things (or read). It’s nice not to have to babysit the monitor, and it’s amazing how something as trivial as a sleep state will drive you insane when it doesn’t work.

]]> By: Will Herren (Pedmont) http://bashelton.com/2009/02/windows-xp-sp3-power-save-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Will Herren (Pedmont) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:14:38 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=316#comment-127 Wow... that's an odd issue. I'm pretty sure you run Nvidia and they're usually really good about their drivers (as opposed to AMD...) I believe that if it was something as extreme as that, Microsoft would throw out a patch or hotfix. It seems almost certain that this problem is on Microsoft's end of the equation... I personally haven't gone to SP3 yet on my system, and don't intend to. Wow… that’s an odd issue. I’m pretty sure you run Nvidia and they’re usually really good about their drivers (as opposed to AMD…) I believe that if it was something as extreme as that, Microsoft would throw out a patch or hotfix. It seems almost certain that this problem is on Microsoft’s end of the equation…

I personally haven’t gone to SP3 yet on my system, and don’t intend to.

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