Transcode, Shutdown, Standby do nothing

[sub]

I dont know then. GB-PVR just calls the SetSuspendState() Windows API to ask it to hibernate/standby. I'm not aware of any different way I should be doing things. If you can tell me what I should be doing differently, then I'll fix it.

[keith_leitch]

I have a similar sort of problem with my laptop running GBPVR 1.3.11; if I put it to sleep using the sleep key combo on the keyboard, it sleeps just perfectly and wakes up again nice as can be (and that's with PVRX2 running). However if I select the standby option from the System menu, it appears to try sleeping, but never really gets there (the screen does go dark, but the fans never go off and the power light never starts flashing like it would if it was sleeping), and usually it can't be woken up again - I have to hold the power button to turn it off and then reboot it. So something is definitely different.

I agree with both you and Sub. I often have exactly the problem you've described; I've even named it "stupid standby", and it happens with random frequency when I try to use a direct-standby program. I also have the problem that I've described, which is that some programs (including GBPVR) put the machine into some kind of "deep sleep" that will not awaken.

There's no question in my mind that this is caused by flaky power management on the part of my motherboard. However, some standby programs (including Slimm's and Windows' timed standby) work just fine. This is why I would have liked to reprogram the shutdown options to invoke a program of my choice.

As a secondary option, I plan to disable those options by setting the above config file setting back to TRUE, then define a standby option from the main menu by using the Plugins screen in Config.

[rookie]

There's no question in my mind that this is caused by flaky power management on the part of my motherboard. However, some standby programs (including Slimm's and Windows' timed standby) work just fine. This is why I would have liked to reprogram the shutdown options to invoke a program of my choice.

Maybe give MCE Standby tool a try and see which sleep states you have enabled.

http://slicksolutions.eu/

[keith_leitch]

Maybe give MCE Standby tool a try and see which sleep states you have enabled.

http://slicksolutions.eu/

Oh, yes, I've been using it all along. Great tool, but doesn't solve my problem. Only S3 is enabled.

[keith_leitch]

I have a similar sort of problem with my laptop running GBPVR 1.3.11; if I put it to sleep using the sleep key combo on the keyboard, it sleeps just perfectly and wakes up again nice as can be (and that's with PVRX2 running). However if I select the standby option from the System menu, it appears to try sleeping, but never really gets there (the screen does go dark, but the fans never go off and the power light never starts flashing like it would if it was sleeping), and usually it can't be woken up again - I have to hold the power button to turn it off and then reboot it. So something is definitely different.

I think I may have narrowed down this problem. I have a cordless mouse/keyboard combo that sometimes experiences drift. I see this when the OSD activates spontaneously while I'm watching videos, and even sometimes when the TV channel "changes on its own".

Recently, my system was entering standby, and I put the mouse away at that moment, causing it to activate briefly. The system went to "stupid standby"; very much what Johnson describes above (fans on, no response, etc.). I tried three more times going into standby while wiggling the mouse...same result.

I am thinking that the O/S is trying to respond to signals from this cordless combo, but is too far into the standby process to do this properly, and the conflict is causing the hang. If my mouse were to occasionally drift at exactly that moment, I could see that this might cause the same problem.

Now I am thinking that I might deactivate that USB port before standing by, and reactivate it upon awakening. Seems drastic, though.

[keith_leitch]

I dont know then. GB-PVR just calls the SetSuspendState() Windows API to ask it to hibernate/standby. I'm not aware of any different way I should be doing things. If you can tell me what I should be doing differently, then I'll fix it.

I have almost zero functional intelligence when it comes to Windows APIs; however, I know that when I use Mr. Slimm's SLIMM-GBPVR standby function, there is never a problem. Perhaps he is using a different call that he can share with you.

[Mister Slimm]

Attached is the source code (C#) I used for the various power options. The class is called WindowsController and is public domain from mentalis.org.

[rookie]

Now I am thinking that I might deactivate that USB port before standing by, and reactivate it upon awakening. Seems drastic, though.

If it is just the mouse, can you disable the just the mouse? In Device Manager on the "Power Management" tab un-check the "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby". May need to un-check the "save power" check box too.

[sub]

Attached is the source code (C#) I used for the various power options. The class is called WindowsController and is public domain from mentalis.org.

Thanks - but I just checked, and its doing exactly what I'm already doing. (ie calling SetSuspendState API)

[johnsonx42]

to add to my prior comment, I've found that suspending my notebook client from within PVRX2 using the suspend key-combo (fn-esc I think it is) does not in fact always work, sometimes it has the same effect I described (sort of sleep, power never goes off, can't wake it up). calling standby/suspend from the pvrx2 System menu has never worked, but I haven't done it all that many times either. it does always seem to work fine if I exit PVRX2, then sleep.