first off i apologize if i have 2 posts up for the same problem. i wrote one message and as far as i can tell it never posted. anyway, my machine is putting itself into standby on its own. this can happen at any time but usually before i even boot up all the way. once in standby, i can't get it out without resetting my machine, which means that my pc is unsuable right now :( i checked the control panel settings and standby is turned off. I also tried removing the mobo battery to reset the defauts and it didn't help. it seems to work fine when i boot up in safe mode, but thats it. any ideas? i need help! I'm worried that i have a hardware problem, but i really don't have a clue.

xenophone, SWAG, power supply. A dying PS can put out some power, but not enough which can, in turn, cause all manner of strange problems. Perhaps you can substitute another to see? HTH. Ed in Texas.

might look in your bios for stand by or turn on modes etc becareful bot to change too much in there tho Kitty

How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP Via Safe-Mode, After unchecking items, then restart into normal Windows.

tried the clean boot thing, with all that stuff disabled in msconfig the problem persists. tried a different PS and problem persists. I can't find anything concerning standby in bios, but tried resetting to defaults to no avail.

Article ID : 907477 Last Review : October 14, 2005 Revision : 1.2 i didnt want to put a bunch of spam but hit ur help and support button in start, and type in standby before windows boots i found this article there that might help Kitty