Hi Folks, Ive just got myself a new PC, Compaq SR5249 and my first time with Vista, all is going well albut when I put PC in to "Sleep" (to go for meal etc) it goes to sleep then after 30/40 seconds it starts up again,,,,,,,Help Please.

Cheers VFRDave

Hi VFRDave and welcome to PCHF! Do you have a wireless mouse or keyboard?

Hi Moderator, Thanks for your help,,,,,,,not both mouse & keyboard hard wired, I also have a BT Hub running,,,,,,and a Seagate external Hard drive.

Cheers
VFRDave

ok, have a look at this link> Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems - Vista Forums it gives some troubleshooting tips for configuring sleep mode

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Hi D ,

Thanks for that with have a look at Vista Forums etc.

Cheers
VFRDave

Hi D,

Just tried sending my PC to "Sleep Mode" with my BT Hub switch off at the plug,,,
and the sleep mode works OK,,,,???
But now have no idea why this is.

Cheers
VFRDave

Hi VFR, can u get into the bios screen on bootup and see if you have Wakeonlan enabled, this could be waking your pc up if it detects an incoming packet of data from the router as described here> When a Windows Vista-based computer is awakened from sleep by a magic packet, and the WakeOnLAN feature is enabled, the computer's desktop is displayed unexpectedly

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