Write a macro for sleep

I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually traced
the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio, includes
a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with sleep.
Great.)

I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control Panel
and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC to
sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it up.

Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the sleep
button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud cuckoo
land?

"Giles" <> wrote in message
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>I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
> button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually
> traced
> the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
> sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio,
> includes
> a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with
> sleep.
> Great.)
>
> I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control
> Panel
> and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC
> to
> sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it
> up.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the
> sleep
> button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
> suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
> could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud
> cuckoo
> land?

Just buy another audio card and the problems goes away! There cheap these
days.

Create a desktop shortcut "rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0"
without the quotes.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

"Giles" <> wrote in message
news:3AD2FC40-2E14-4CDD-A799-...
>I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
> button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually
> traced
> the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
> sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio,
> includes
> a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with
> sleep.
> Great.)
>
> I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control
> Panel
> and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC
> to
> sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it
> up.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the
> sleep
> button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
> suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
> could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud
> cuckoo
> land?

keep checking manufacturer for updated driver once/month so one day you
won't have to disable it for each sleep.
Why M-Audio, I hate them!

Bob,

Thanks, that looks promising - and great to know even if it turns out not to
resolve the sleep issue.

Giles.

"Bob" wrote:

> Create a desktop shortcut "rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0"
> without the quotes.
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/
>
> "Giles" <> wrote in message
> news:3AD2FC40-2E14-4CDD-A799-...
> >I have Vista 64 bit. My PC stopped going to sleep when I pressed the sleep
> > button (in fact it crashed); to cut a long story short, I eventually
> > traced
> > the problem to a new sound card I'd installed - disabling the card allows
> > sleep to work normally. (I see that the card manufacturer, M-Audio,
> > includes
> > a note in its FAQ to the effect that none of its cards will work with
> > sleep.
> > Great.)
> >
> > I'm now faced with the prospect of having to navigate through Control
> > Panel
> > and the Device Manager to disable the card every time I want to put the PC
> > to
> > sleep, and then the same performance to re-enable to card when I wake it
> > up.
> >
> > Does anyone know if it's possible to run a series of commands when the
> > sleep
> > button is pressed so that it disables the card before going to sleep? I
> > suppose I'm asking if there's a way that someone who's only semi-technical
> > could write a macro and apply it to the button - or is this just cloud
> > cuckoo
> > land?
>
>
>

I guess I shall keep a regular check, but to me it sounds as if M-Audio has
decided it's not interested in the issue.

Why did I choose them? Fair question. I looked around various music
production forums and their card seemed to be rated highly for its
performance at a reasonable price (around £100). With the benefit of knowing
what I now know about its interference with sleep mode I might have made a
different choice...

"JEWboy" wrote:

> keep checking manufacturer for updated driver once/month so one day you
> won't have to disable it for each sleep.
> Why M-Audio, I hate them!
>
>