WinXP Pro, SP3, very, VERY, SLOW to hibernate
Dell Lattitude D620, WinXP Professional, recently upgraded from SP2 to SP3 & from IE6 to IE8. 2GB of RAM.Prior to the upgrades, "Fn+F1" = hibernation; the process lasted 12-13 seconds to complete.After upgrade, I reloaded Ad-Aware, Spybot S+D, Spyware Blaster, Malwarebytes, Avast antivirus. And added (new) the "light" version of CCleaner.After upgrades, the hibernation process take 95-105 seconds to complete.Any suggestions to check/adjust appreciated.FL-Ron 1 person needs an answerI do too
November 22nd, 2010 12:15pm
If you have QuickSet uninstall and reinstall, should help. Do not take this the wrong way but are you parinoid of getting your computer infected. This problem could also be related to the over protection your computer has. You should be aware Ad-Aware and Spybot conflict. Both these programs are not needed. I do not know about Malwarebytes so I can not comment there. (probablly in conflict also) CCleaner should not be used. You can use onecare.live.com scanner (much safer) Spyware Blaster is Ok. Avast is a great program keep it, but if you want equal protection, easier to use and takes less resources, Microsoft Sesurity Essestials, free and Upgrades free too. I run 3 laptops. 1 has absolutely no protection, virus or other. 1 has only Avast. 1 has only Microsoft Security Essentials. Never been infected with anything. There are many othe ways to protect a computer. Good Luck
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November 22nd, 2010 7:53pm
The more RAM you have, the slower you will enter and resume from Hibernation. That is the way it works.I was once a chronic hibernator and thought it was all so wonderful, then I went from 512MB to 4GB RAM and now I am a back to being a shutdowner and power upper again. It takes too long too come out of Hibernation now (too long for me).It takes me longer to some out of hibernation than a cold boot from power up. I did not measure it in seconds, but I know I didn't like it.If you have the means, temporarily go back to whatever your old RAM setup was or pull out a hunk of RAM and see if it works like is used to work.If your cold boot takes too long, you can measure that and analyze the XP boot process from start to finish and work on that. I generally only charge one dollar per second I shave off your cold boot time up to fifty dollars maximum. This is not bad for about 5 minutes of attention (that includes two reboots). You can figure out exactly how long it takes to cold boot down to the tenth of a second, adjust it , measure it again and then you can actually see the difference using some actual numbers on a piece of paper. None of this: I think it is faster, it seems faster, it might be faster, it is way faster stuff. I will measure it and give you a before and after. Of course, there is no charge if your boot time increases.Do, or do not. There is no try.I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!
November 22nd, 2010 8:26pm
FYIP,Thanks for the reply. Here are some clarifications...- Ad-Aware, Spybot S+D, Spyware Blaster, Malwarebytes, Avast antivirus were all installed and working prior to the SP3/IE8 upgrade...and "hibernation" took 12-13 seconds.- CCleaner (only new software) is used to periodically clean-up temp & internet files. Why the observation to not use CCleaner ?Any other suggestions appreciated.Thanks - FL-Ron
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November 24th, 2010 6:59am
JoseI,Thanks for your comments.The "slow to hibernate" issue existed prior to adding the second GB of RAM. Upgrade to SP3/IE8 occurred 1-month ago while the second GB of RAM was added last week.Any other suggestions appreciated.Thanks FL-Ron
November 24th, 2010 7:04am
If you are using IDE drives, use Device Manager to verify the transfer mode of the IDE channels is set to something like DMA if available (depends on your hardware) and not the slower PIO mode. PIO is the slowest, DMA is the fastest. This is easy to check and generally easy to fix and the mode would not have changed by itself, so if it has changed to PIO, change it to DMA and then figure out why it changed and fix it.To launch the Device Manger console, click Start, Run and in the box enter:%SystemRoot%\system32\devmgmt.mscClick OK.Expand the IDE/ATA controller section to see your IDE channels. Right click each, choose Properties, and for each channel that has an Advanced Settings tab, determine the Transfer Mode. There are usually 4 channels to check in a desktop, maybe fewer for laptops.The fastest selection will be some kind of DMA selection (usually: DMA DMA5,UDMA, etc.). If it is PIO, change it to DMA.If you are not sure about what you see post back for help and advice. Follow this up with a reboot to make sure any changes stick. What may have caused the change? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472Do, or do not. There is no try.I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!
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November 24th, 2010 7:48am
I see... Let's look at something else now that we have this new information.If you are using IDE drives, use Device Manager to verify the transfer mode of the IDE channels is set to something like DMA if available (depends on your hardware) and not the slower PIO mode. PIO is the slowest, DMA is the fastest. This is easy to check and generally easy to fix and the mode would not have changed by itself, so if it has changed to PIO, change it to DMA and then figure out why it changed and fix it.To launch the Device Manger console, click Start, Run and in the box enter:%SystemRoot%\system32\devmgmt.mscClick OK.Expand the IDE/ATA controller section to see your IDE channels. Right click each, choose Properties, and for each channel that has an Advanced Settings tab, determine the Transfer Mode. There are usually 4 channels to check in a desktop, maybe fewer for laptops.The fastest selection will be some kind of DMA selection (usually: DMA DMA5, UDMA, etc. - anything but PIO). If it is PIO, change it to DMA.If you are not sure about what you see post back for help and advice. Follow this up with a reboot to make sure any changes stick. What may have caused the change? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472Do, or do not. There is no try.I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!
November 24th, 2010 7:49am
Sorry I missed your last post. CCleaner? just know too many people who deleted the wrong things and got in trouble, be careful! There is something else that could affect Hibernation, Check to see if Write Caching is enabled for your Drive. Right click your (C:) Drive and choose Properties, Hardware Tab, Highlight your Drive and click Properties, Policies Tab, Put a check in the box "Enable write caching on the disk.
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November 26th, 2010 9:48pm