Vista won't wake from hibernation

One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM. 512MB
is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the features of
Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new Hibernate/Sleep thing uses Ram
while it sleeps, your system may not have enough RAM available to wake-up.

For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of RAM
was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?

Just a theory, though.

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"Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't wake up
> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
> again.
> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt

There are known issues with hibernation. It works here ok, but more then
just a few do have problems.
Rule of thumb is that when the option is offered, it just should work. If it
was greyed out not, but that is not the case here. Btw, not quite correct
(vista quality) Hardware drivers mainly cause problems.

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"Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O0VfE1YqGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM.
> 512MB is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the
> features of Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new Hibernate/Sleep
> thing uses Ram while it sleeps, your system may not have enough RAM
> available to wake-up.
>
> For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of RAM
> was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?
>
> Just a theory, though.
>
> --
> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
> tubes...
>
>
> "Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:629955F6-93BC-43E8-8AC4-BDBE8B7CBE26@microsoft.com...

>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
>> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't wake
>> up
>> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
>> again.
>> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
>> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matt

>

Well, it was only a theory...

Thanks Leen.

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"Leen" <ms_windows_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OJuIr$YqGHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> There are known issues with hibernation. It works here ok, but more then
> just a few do have problems.
> Rule of thumb is that when the option is offered, it just should work. If
> it was greyed out not, but that is not the case here. Btw, not quite
> correct (vista quality) Hardware drivers mainly cause problems.
>
> --
> Leen
> ==> Please only reply in the newsgroup <==
> *** This means, DO NOT send me Email also!!! ***
>
> How to burn an ISO file :
> http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>
>
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O0VfE1YqGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM.
>> 512MB is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the
>> features of Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new Hibernate/Sleep
>> thing uses Ram while it sleeps, your system may not have enough RAM
>> available to wake-up.
>>
>> For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of
>> RAM was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?
>>
>> Just a theory, though.
>>
>> --
>> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
>> tubes...
>>
>>
>> "Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:629955F6-93BC-43E8-8AC4-BDBE8B7CBE26@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
>>> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't wake
>>> up
>>> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
>>> again.
>>> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
>>> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Matt

>>

>
>

Also hibernation writes everything to the hard drive hiberfil.sys

"Leen" <ms_windows_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OJuIr$YqGHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> There are known issues with hibernation. It works here ok, but more then
> just a few do have problems.
> Rule of thumb is that when the option is offered, it just should work. If
> it was greyed out not, but that is not the case here. Btw, not quite
> correct (vista quality) Hardware drivers mainly cause problems.
>
> --
> Leen
> ==> Please only reply in the newsgroup <==
> *** This means, DO NOT send me Email also!!! ***
>
> How to burn an ISO file :
> http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>
>
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O0VfE1YqGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM.
>> 512MB is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the
>> features of Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new Hibernate/Sleep
>> thing uses Ram while it sleeps, your system may not have enough RAM
>> available to wake-up.
>>
>> For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of
>> RAM was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?
>>
>> Just a theory, though.
>>
>> --
>> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
>> tubes...
>>
>>
>> "Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:629955F6-93BC-43E8-8AC4-BDBE8B7CBE26@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
>>> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't wake
>>> up
>>> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
>>> again.
>>> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
>>> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Matt

>>

>
>

I agree that Hibernate writes everything to a file. However, the OP was
asking about the newfangled "Sleep" mode, which is apparently a hybrid of
the old "Standby Mode" and "Hibernate") which writes the same type of file
but also keeps the system state in memory. From the Vista Help File:

"Sleep is a new power state that combines the power-saving and data-saving
features of Standby and Hibernate. Like Standby, Sleep saves all of your
work to memory so that you can resume working almost immediately after
waking your computer. Like Hibernate, Sleep saves all of your work to your
hard disk, including information about the programs that you were using,
such as window location and size. After saving your work, Sleep puts your
computer into a power-saving state."

--
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"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:eTibEPZqGHA.4812@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Also hibernation writes everything to the hard drive hiberfil.sys
>
> "Leen" <ms_windows_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OJuIr$YqGHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> There are known issues with hibernation. It works here ok, but more then
>> just a few do have problems.
>> Rule of thumb is that when the option is offered, it just should work. If
>> it was greyed out not, but that is not the case here. Btw, not quite
>> correct (vista quality) Hardware drivers mainly cause problems.
>>
>> --
>> Leen
>> ==> Please only reply in the newsgroup <==
>> *** This means, DO NOT send me Email also!!! ***
>>
>> How to burn an ISO file :
>> http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O0VfE1YqGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM.
>>> 512MB is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the
>>> features of Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new Hibernate/Sleep
>>> thing uses Ram while it sleeps, your system may not have enough RAM
>>> available to wake-up.
>>>
>>> For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of
>>> RAM was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?
>>>
>>> Just a theory, though.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
>>> tubes...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:629955F6-93BC-43E8-8AC4-BDBE8B7CBE26@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
>>>> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't wake
>>>> up
>>>> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
>>>> again.
>>>> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
>>>> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Matt
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

But it doesn't need more ram to sleep than it needs when running. Sleep
just redundantly retains soft memory for some unknown reason.
Personally I don't see the point. Either you want the machine shut down
(hibernate) or you want soft memory retained. If you want a backup in case
power fails in the old standby mode, install a UPS.


"Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5F32A29F-C389-4B1E-98D4-B604842CB626@microsoft.com...

>I agree that Hibernate writes everything to a file. However, the OP was
>asking about the newfangled "Sleep" mode, which is apparently a hybrid of
>the old "Standby Mode" and "Hibernate") which writes the same type of file
>but also keeps the system state in memory. From the Vista Help File:
>
> "Sleep is a new power state that combines the power-saving and data-saving
> features of Standby and Hibernate. Like Standby, Sleep saves all of your
> work to memory so that you can resume working almost immediately after
> waking your computer. Like Hibernate, Sleep saves all of your work to your
> hard disk, including information about the programs that you were using,
> such as window location and size. After saving your work, Sleep puts your
> computer into a power-saving state."
>
> --
> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
> tubes...
>
>
> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> news:eTibEPZqGHA.4812@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Also hibernation writes everything to the hard drive hiberfil.sys
>>
>> "Leen" <ms_windows_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OJuIr$YqGHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> There are known issues with hibernation. It works here ok, but more then
>>> just a few do have problems.
>>> Rule of thumb is that when the option is offered, it just should work.
>>> If it was greyed out not, but that is not the case here. Btw, not quite
>>> correct (vista quality) Hardware drivers mainly cause problems.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Leen
>>> ==> Please only reply in the newsgroup <==
>>> *** This means, DO NOT send me Email also!!! ***
>>>
>>> How to burn an ISO file :
>>> http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark D. VandenBerg" <mvan103REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:O0VfE1YqGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> One possibility, and only a theory here, you may not have enough RAM.
>>>> 512MB is the minimum for Vista, but you need 1GB or more for all the
>>>> features of Vista Fabulous, er, Ultimate. Since the new
>>>> Hibernate/Sleep thing uses Ram while it sleeps, your system may not
>>>> have enough RAM available to wake-up.
>>>>
>>>> For reference, when XP was first unleashed, the minimum requirement of
>>>> RAM was 64MB. Would you install/run XP on a computer with 64MB of RAM?
>>>>
>>>> Just a theory, though.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in
>>>> tubes...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Matt_Dowson" <MattDowson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:629955F6-93BC-43E8-8AC4-BDBE8B7CBE26@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running a Windows Vista Beta test nmachine with Office 2007 beta
>>>>> installed. The machine goes into hibernation\sleep mode but won't
>>>>> wake up
>>>>> again on input. I have to force a power cycle to get the machine live
>>>>> again.
>>>>> I'm running an HP DC7600 USDT with 2.8Ghz processor, 512 Mb RAM. Any
>>>>> advice\solutions gratefully received.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>