black screen while hibernation is under way

i could have sworn that i used to get a screen similar to the one in XP
that hiberation was under way. Now when i choose hibernate the screen
goes black immediately and stays black until the power goes off. most
of the time, I can resume from hibernation ok; sometimes it pretends to
resume and then shuts off after about 1/2 a minute or so.

anyone else get an immediate black screen when selecting hibernate?

Dave

My cheapo Compaq desktop fades to black over one to two seconds after I hit
the button to hibernate. It definitely doesn't just snap to black.

-Paul Randall

"David" <> wrote in message
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>i could have sworn that i used to get a screen similar to the one in XP
>that hiberation was under way. Now when i choose hibernate the screen goes
>black immediately and stays black until the power goes off. most of the
>time, I can resume from hibernation ok; sometimes it pretends to resume and
>then shuts off after about 1/2 a minute or so.
> anyone else get an immediate black screen when selecting hibernate?
>
> Dave

"David" <> wrote in message
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>>i could have sworn that i used to get a screen similar to the one in XP
>>that hiberation was under way. Now when i choose hibernate the screen
>>goes black immediately and stays black until the power goes off. most of
>>the time, I can resume from hibernation ok; sometimes it pretends to
>>resume and then shuts off after about 1/2 a minute or so.
>> anyone else get an immediate black screen when selecting hibernate?

Have you tried selecting hybrid sleep rather than hibernate?
It stores state on the disk but the stays suspended so you get instant on
unless the battery goes flat.. then it starts as per hibernate AFAICT.
Unless battery life is the issue it will probably be better for you as there
is normally no wait for start up.
YMMV.

>
> Have you tried selecting hybrid sleep rather than hibernate?
> It stores state on the disk but the stays suspended so you get instant
> on unless the battery goes flat.. then it starts as per hibernate AFAICT.
> Unless battery life is the issue it will probably be better for you as
> there is normally no wait for start up.
> YMMV.
NO, I'm no longer using the hybrid sleep function. If you enable hybrid
sleep, hibernation is removed from the shutdown menu. I either use the
regular sleep mode, or hibernate. I'm certain that in the past,
choosing hibernation brought up a hibernation screen. BTW, hibernation
takes about 30 seconds to finish on 2 different model laptops. is that
typical?

Dave

"David" <> wrote in message
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>
>>
>> Have you tried selecting hybrid sleep rather than hibernate?
>> It stores state on the disk but the stays suspended so you get instant on
>> unless the battery goes flat.. then it starts as per hibernate AFAICT.
>> Unless battery life is the issue it will probably be better for you as
>> there is normally no wait for start up.
>> YMMV.
> NO, I'm no longer using the hybrid sleep function. If you enable hybrid
> sleep, hibernation is removed from the shutdown menu. I either use the
> regular sleep mode, or hibernate. I'm certain that in the past, choosing
> hibernation brought up a hibernation screen. BTW, hibernation takes about
> 30 seconds to finish on 2 different model laptops. is that typical?

It takes longer the more RAM you have.
The system has to write all used ram (including video ram) to disk before it
shuts down.
So slow disks and large memories make it slower.
Mine takes about 45 seconds to hibernate 3G RAM, Fujitsu MHW2120 disk (I
haven't actually timed it with a stop watch).