pilot2be Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hey everyone, my first post here!i am having problems with my computer, it's Windows Xp Media Centre edition, when i press the "standby" button or select standby ... my monitor shuts off, my keyboard & mice are both off ... however my computer is still running ... which i find really strange. and even after 10 mintues my monitor and keyboard are still running but the computer is still running (as in all the main lights (display light) are on, the fan is on etc). but if anyone can help me here i would really appreciate it!thanks a million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Welcome to the Windows Forum.Sorry, I do not quite understand your situation. First you write "my monitor shuts off, my keyboard & mice are both off", then later you write "and even after 10 minutes my monitor and keyboard are still running" - now which is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hey everyone, my first post here!i am having problems with my computer, it's Windows Xp Media Centre edition, when i press the "standby" button or select standby ... my monitor shuts off, my keyboard & mice are both off ... however my computer is still running ... which i find really strange. and even after 10 mintues my monitor and keyboard are still running but the computer is still running (as in all the main lights (display light) are on, the fan is on etc).I'm also confused. That's what Stand By means, doesn't it? Like - the taxi's outside with the engine running waiting for you to jump in. It's not the same as Hibernate, which shuts everything down after having made an exact record of your computer's state and enables booting at about 50% of the usual time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilot2be Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 UPDATE: sorry let me clear the issue up, when I try to put my computer in standby ... my monitor and keyboard and mouse all turn off but my main comp remains on (as in fully running with the fan and my graphics card fan etc...) typically when you put a comp in standby all that remains on is a the tiny light which blinks (indicating the comp is in standby instead of shutdown) however my entire computer (except the keyboard, mouse and monitor) is still running, i installed a fresh copy of windows xp media centre and since then i have had this problem... here is a quick comp specks2 Gb Ram, Intel Pentium 4 , 3.6 GHz, 512 Mb Graphics (ATI), i dont know much about comp's but thats just the basic....sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Ah, now I understand. Could this be due to an overheating problem, with the computer still trying to maintain itself at a reasonable temperature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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