magritte,
Had the sleep problem with my Vista Ultimate SP1 desktop. The only
difference was that I was able to wake it by quickly pressing the power
button. Still annoying though. I fixed the problem by running the System
File Checker (sfc) commands. Give it a try.
* Select Start > Run > type sfc /scannow
* Click OK, scan should begin verifying the files are not corrupted
* Restart the PC when completed
You shouldn't need your CD with Vista. Also, note the space after the c in
sfc.
Drew
"magritte" <> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Vista Business SP2 under Bootcamp on a Macbook Pro (early
> 2008). I primarily use the laptop for Vista. Mostly it works okay, but
> there is one serious problem which is that when it goes into sleep mode
> very frequently (almost always now) it won't wake up.
>
> Originally I saw 2 problems. The macbook pro only has 1 external LED
> indicator: a white LED on the front which pulses when in sleep mode.
> Sometimes when going into sleep mode, the LED would stay on at full
> brightness (no pulsing) and the computer wouldn't actually turn off
> although the display is off and there is no way to wake it. Whatever it
> was doing it was generating a lot of heat.
>
> I'm not seeing that happen any more, but the second problem remains and
> has gotten worse. The computer will go to sleep normally, but when I
> open the lid or press a keyborad button to wake it, nothing will happen.
> The display remains off and nothing I can do will bring it back. The LED
> turns off when I open the lid, but at this point if I close the lid the
> LED turns back on but stays at full power (no pulsing). No sound comes
> from the speakers when pressing keyboard buttons, although sometimes
> when I first open the lid there's a little alert sound but then the
> system doesn't come back.
>
> The only way I can bring the system back is to hold down the power
> button for several seconds to force a power off then turn it back again.
>
> I've tried everything I could think off including updating all the
> drivers I could find (couldn't find touchpad or chipset drivers),
> disabling wake from sleep power options for all devices other than the
> keyboard, disabled most of the power saving features in the power
> settings, even installed the SP2 beta to see if it would help... Nothing
> seems to help. At the moment I've disabled sleep and set the computer to
> hybernate instead. This resolves the issue but startup times are slower
> and I get a little paranoid about shutting the lid and picking up the
> laptop immediately since the hard disk has to spin for a while wile its
> dumping to the hybernation file.
>
> I've read some similar problems using OS X on the Apple discussion
> forums but I've not been able to replicate the problem on OS X so I'm
> not sure if it might be a hardware issue that's triggered by Vista/Vista
> drivers or if it's actually a Vista issue. Of course Apple support
> hasn't been much help. They won't support anything Windows related so
> unless I can replciate the problem under OS X they're not going to help.
> I have wondered if it might be related to the faulty Nvidia graphics
> chip problem but I don't know if that would make sense since it happens
> while waking from sleep, not during a high temperature condition. I've
> not had this happen any time other than when waking from sleep.
>
> Anyone have any idea what the problem might be? Is there any hope?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> magritte
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