Newsgroup: it.comp.os.win.xp
Titolo: Compaq Armada M700 standby/resume problem

Hi there,
First off, apologies for the cross-post - wasn't sure which forum to
post on.
My M700 has an intermittent problem resuming from standby (waking from
s3 suspend to RAM) in Windows XP SP2.
It will always suspend happily, and the little power light flashes on
and off, but it will only wake up about 2/3 of the time.  Very
frustrating.  I have tried:
 - Installing all the Compaq utilities, including the System
Enhancements Disc which is supposed to solve an S3 wake problem:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/armada/us/download/16249.html
 - updating the BIOS to the newest version (03/15/2002)
I have also checked the event log, and sometimes the failed wakeup
seems to be associated with two error messages, which I have pasted at
the bottom of this post.
However, sometimes these error messages appear in normal operation,
with no adverse affects, and sometimes a failed wake event will show no
ACPI error.
So, all in all, I'm flummoxed!  Don't know whether it's a hardware
thing, or a Windows thing, or how to find out.  Any ideas?
Thanks a lot,
heytherejohn
The errors:
1.
Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	ACPI
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	5
Date:		24/05/2006
Time:		21:58:40
User:		N/A
Computer:
Description:
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address
(0x70), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical assistance.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp
.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00   ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 c0   .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
2.
Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	ACPI
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	4
Date:		24/05/2006
Time:		21:58:40
User:		N/A
Computer:
Description:
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical assistance.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp
.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00   ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 04 00 05 c0   .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........

I should have also said that when I say that it doesn't wake up, I
mean:
The power light comes on, and the screen backlight turns on again.  HDD
spins up etc.  But screen remains blank and keyboard unresponsive.  ie.
caps lock doesn't respond or anything.
Full spec:
Armada M700
700 Mhz
392mb RAM
DVD-ROM
30gb (non-standard) hdd, but same problem on standard HDD.
thanks!
heytherejohn

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Download the latest bios update and flash the bios. At least then you know
it is, or is not, a corrupted bios.

 it is, or is not, a corrupted bios.
I have already done this - has made no difference...

 Did it ever resume every time?

heythe...@gmail.comwrote :
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If you installed Compaq's enhanced power management, try uninstalling
it and let Windows handle the chore.  I looked over the driver
downloads for your machine and the date on the graphics driver is
2001, you may have conflicts with currant versions of Directx if you
are using this driver that may cause resume problems. The graphics
driver that is bundled with WindowsXP (ATI 5.01.xxx) is preferable,
IMO.

 IMO.
Hi,
I've tried this - to no effect, unfortunately.  Still intermittently
fails to resume...
Any other ideas?

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Only the one you do not want to hear. I would try a clean install,
load drivers one at a time, reboot and test, test, test. Load
applications one at a time, reboot and test, test, test. Eventually
the problem will have a solution.
-- 
-nos1eep