New install causes reboot freeze coming from sleep

[rjl24]

Installed a low profile pci card yesterday.

A four port USB pci low profile card.
http://koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=349


On to the card I installed a permanent internal usb wireless Internet device which I may or may not use depending on circumstances.

Device manager shows USB device as:
Realtek RTL 8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54 mbps USB2.0 Network Adapter ( I updated driver)

Otherwise, when not using the adapter, will use the cable connection directly to the modem.


I use this command ( I call sleep really acts like a hibernate) to cause a good overnight sleep:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

Which is activated by a command in my keyboard that I created to differentiate from the normal sleep that occurs from my power option which the computer is awakened via a touch to the mouse or keyboard.

All this worked fine prior to the install of the PCI card/ USB device.

What other adjustments must I make to the system to make sure the device either the network adapter or PCI card does not continue causing a cold re-boot (a malfunction of coming out of the hibernate) coming from sleep rather than a simple power-on tap to the power button that usually worked fine.

Probably something I missed.

Currently my power options have the USB "enabled" to selective suspend. Ought this be "disabled"?

But does this enabled/ disabled matter?

Thanks,
R

 

[.Joe]

Installed a low profile pci card yesterday.

A four port USB pci low profile card.
http://koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=349


On to the card I installed a permanent internal usb wireless Internet device which I may or may not use depending on circumstances.

Device manager shows USB device as:
Realtek RTL 8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54 mbps USB2.0 Network Adapter ( I updated driver)

Otherwise, when not using the adapter, will use the cable connection directly to the modem.


I use this command ( I call sleep really acts like a hibernate) to cause a good overnight sleep:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

Which is activated by a command in my keyboard that I created to differentiate from the normal sleep that occurs from my power option which the computer is awakened via a touch to the mouse or keyboard.

All this worked fine prior to the install of the PCI card/ USB device.

What other adjustments must I make to the system to make sure the device either the network adapter or PCI card does not continue causing a cold re-boot (a malfunction of coming out of the hibernate) coming from sleep rather than a simple power-on tap to the power button that usually worked fine.

Probably something I missed.

Currently my power options have the USB "enabled" to selective suspend. Ought this be "disabled"?

But does this enabled/ disabled matter?

Thanks,
R

R,

Welcome to the Vista Forums

We have an excellent tutorial about sleep related issues that may be of assistance to you. Here's the link: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html

Let us know if this helps.

 

[rjl24]

Thank you for the link.

Upon experimenting, it appears that one of my power options was in contradiction with the other one, now both power options, actually I made sure all three power options have USB ENABLED.

The hibernate method I devised works, see my post, seemingly OK for now.

I really like Vista. To me it is more simple than XP, but one must be patient with it also to get to know the various detailed features.

Robert