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Vista 32 sleep mode + 8800 GTX = beep! (HELP?)

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whallenich   01-09-2008 at 10:30:24 PM

Hi,
Yesterday I decided to start doing my part 'reducing my carbon footprint' by setting up sleep mode in Vista.
Unfortunately although I may be saving power by activating sleep, when my PC goes to sleep my 8800 GTX emits a loud beep.

I understand that when Vista enters sleep mode it powers down my PC's components including its' gfx, but also that my 8800 is beeping because it is not getting enough power.

Surely the clever chaps at Nvidia/Microsoft thought about and addressed this issue when designing their gfx cards/writing the sleep function into Vista?

Is there some fix or workaround available or am I bound to keep my carbon footprint as is in this regard and avoid using the sleep function?

I've searched on google and their a number of other people who have experienced the same problem. As far as I can tell no one has offered a solution as yet.

------------------------------ Nick Whalley
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Scotteq   01-09-2008 at 10:50:30 PM
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I've seen similar posts regarding sleep mode and nVidia graphics cards - Yours is the first I've seen with that particular issue, tho. More often when the computer resumes the screen stays black. The consensus seems to be that there's issues with sleep and nVidia's drivers, and that the solution is "Don't Use Sleep". <shrug> Given that I haven't seen any ATI posts with sleep issues, I'm inclined to believe the driver thing...

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