Throwing this open to the Green Button crew - starting to run short of hair to pull out..:-)

Got an odd sleep issue.  First of all it is not (99% sure), Mouse, Keyboard, USB, LAN, etc etcc...  'Powercfg' doesnt report anything being able to wake the machine and i have had everything i can unplugged, uninstalled, the works....

In VMC if i use the keyboard to navigate to Tasks->Shutdown->Sleep all is well and the PC nods off nicely,  However, if i use the IR remote (came bundled witth me E900f card and plugs directly into the card) to navigate to Tasks->Shutdown->Sleep i get the good old off/on!!  In fact using the Compro remote at all to try and send the machine to sleep (ie. pressing the remotes power button) causes the sleep/wakeup-straight-away syndrome.

I've tried unplugging the case-power-switch lead from the card.  Tried disabiling the ComproDTV scheduler (in case that was forcing a wake), but drawn a complete blank!!  Powercfg is useless as it doesnt report anything having woken it (powercfg -lastwake) and no events on the events tables.

Anyone got any clues or thinngs to try next?  The E900F is a great card picture-wise but coming to a fast conclusion the Compro software stinks :-)

 

Mat

Have you checked your BIOS settings for a "WAKE ON USB" setting?  It is typically set to "Disabled" in order to avoid mouse movements from prematurely waking up a PC.

If your remote control interface is USB, you will need to set this to "enabled" in order to accept wake-up commands from the remote.

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Athlon 64 X2 6000+; MSI K9N Platinum; 2GB DDR2; NVIDIA geForce 8500GT - Purevideo HD; LG GGC-H20L BD/HDVD DVD+- RW; Twinhan VP1020 DVB-S; 1.2TB storage; Thermaltake Tsunami Case; Nspire - 550W PS; Vista Home Premium.

Its a built-in IR receiver that comes as part of the e900f card.  Its quite bizarre,  i left the PC in a S5 off state (IE. Plug pulled) for an hour and now it is all all right again.  There must have been something in the card that went a bit doo lally.  Picture, dual tuner and Vista drivers are all fantastic on the card.  But it is having its 'moments' of funnyness....

What kind of interface does the device use?  Is it PCI?  USB?  etc..   Either way, the motherboard should have an option to allow a wake up via a specific device.  You also need to ensure that the windows power settings for that device allow sleep and wake up.

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Athlon 64 X2 6000+; MSI K9N Platinum; 2GB DDR2; NVIDIA geForce 8500GT - Purevideo HD; LG GGC-H20L BD/HDVD DVD+- RW; Twinhan VP1020 DVB-S; 1.2TB storage; Thermaltake Tsunami Case; Nspire - 550W PS; Vista Home Premium.

Its a PCIe interface.  Yes, thats what i thought but when i use the powercfg -devicequery wake_armed nothing is listed.  Also when i do powercfg -lastwake it just says:-

Wake history count - 1
Wake history [0]
Wake Source Count - 0

 

Flumoxed, me. Just flumoxed :-)

 

Also, machine has decided to sleeping altother now - justs goes into its prepare-for-sleep, flicks off and straight back on again.