topic Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep in PCs & Accessories

Can't stop A117 going to sleep

Redrose — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:58:39 GMT

Hi, I have adjusted the Power Settings so that (at least I think) the system does not switch off screen or disk when plugged into the mains. I need this so I can e.g. set a virus scan to run late at night. Every morning I find the machine is "dormant" - disk is powered down and there are error messages about network being unavailable, virus scanner not having run etc. If I hit any key it all srpings to lfe but it's not what I wanted. Any ideas? Thanks.
Sorry if this has been asked before but without a search facility it's a bit hard to do a search 😞

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

TygerTyger — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:48:43 GMT

I'm not sure what's in the a series power settings so I may be a little off, but it could be that you have only set the laptop to stay on if you are on battery? or just on ac? try setting everything to never turn off (that's system hibernation, monitor and hard disks) and see if it still does it. Also check your laptop isn't going into hibernation, there should be setting to simply turn that on or off. By the way if you are only running a virus scan you can allow the screen to go off, it doesn't stop the computer working. You just can't see anything.

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

robpaxton — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:39:13 GMT

 Every morning I find the machine is "dormant" - disk is powered down and there are error messages about network being unavailable, virus scanner not having run etc.

Is the computer connected to a network? Perhaps the local drives have been scanned and the virus scanner is trying to scan network drives that are not connected, causing the error message that you can see.

The hard drive powering down is a normal power saving feature that won't affect a local scan as it will power up when needed.

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

tellingd — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:40:25 GMT

Might seem obvious but what settings do you have on your screensaver?

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

kee-lo_ — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:57:52 GMT

Make sure you setup the power settings in powerpannel too.

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

Redrose — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:02:16 GMT

Thanks for all your replies. It seems that disabling Hibernate did the trick. I had already played with the Sony-specific power settings but it was obviously Hibernate. I came to it this morning and the scan had run.

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

tellingd — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:55:13 GMT

Cool

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

kee-lo_ — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:58:01 GMT

Thanks for all your replies. It seems that disabling Hibernate did the trick. I had already played with the Sony-specific power settings but it was obviously Hibernate. I came to it this morning and the scan had run.

Thanks for the information - it's always handy to know this stuff for other users.

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

TygerTyger — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:00:56 GMT

Good group effort too :smileygrin:

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

kee-lo_ — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:01:39 GMT

*nods head*

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

tellingd — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:52:23 GMT

*nods head*

*gets hair cut* would be better IMHO :smileygrin:

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

kee-lo_ — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:20:08 GMT

God you're getting worse than my mum!

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

tellingd — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:23:05 GMT

She sounds like a sensible woman :smileygrin:

Re: Can't stop A117 going to sleep

kee-lo_ — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:23:57 GMT

My step father would disagree...