"Robert Morein" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Robert Morein" wrote in message


2. If the computer hibernates and is restored from
hibernated state, the midi in connection breaks. I
thought this was a problem with my midiman usb
converter, so I switched to a Creative Audigy ZS game
port. However, the same happens.

Simple, really, turn the hibernate function off.
If you need to put something in stand by, go to your
energy settings and just let the monitor swith off
after a while.

I would like to use hibernate, because the difference in
power consumption is quite substantial. For example, my
2.6g P4 draws 110 watts operating, 70 watts standby, and
0 watts hibernating.

You do understand that when a machine hibernates, it
pretty well breaks all connections with outside I/O
devices, right?

You do understand that this depends upon how the driver
is written, right?

No, the specs for hibernation always involve a complete power shutdown of
the computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...hibernate.mspx

"Hibernate saves an image of your desktop with all open files and documents,
and then it powers down your computer. When you turn on power, your files
and documents are open on your desktop exactly as you left them."

If a laptop computer is hibernating, then you can remove the batteries and
it will still recover from hibernation the next time you power it up.

If a desktop computer is hibernating, you can pull the power cord and remove
all other sources of power. It will then be electrically inert except for
the CMOS battery which is irrelevant to powering external I/O devices. It
will then recover from hibernation the next time you apply power.

If the computer is not powered down, it isn't hibernating, according to
Microsoft.