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ichkriegediekriese

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Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« on: October 14, 2009, 11:40:58 am »
Hi
With Windows Ult. 64bit MC 14 (actual version) standby S3 isnt possible, screen goes black and after 15-20s Desktops is back - anyone else having this?
It works well with MC13 last version.
greetz
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 11:43:39 am »
Are you playing music or recording television?  Either one will prevent S3 and use S1 instead.

For what it's worth, I run Windows 7, always have Media Center running, and use S3 each night.  It only wakes up if it needs to record television in the middle of the night.
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 11:58:02 am »
mhh I am playing music and I wont it to go to S3 sleep  ;D (I use a timer programm to put it too sleep) - worked perfect under vista
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 12:02:16 pm »
You'll need to stop playback to allow S3.  The goal is for a user to be able to set a computer up to sleep in a few minutes, but if they're playing music, have it not go to sleep.

14.0.58 (08/27/2009)
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9. Changed: When playing, Media Center will prevent S3 system sleep.
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ichkriegediekriese

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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 12:23:23 pm »
ooooohhhhh NO  :o !

the i have to stick with MC12 again. Could u please give me the download link to the last version, the one from the old thread isnt working anymore.
thx :-)
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 12:29:14 pm »
why not use your timer program to stop playback also, before sleeping?

 :)
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ichkriegediekriese

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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2009, 12:45:56 pm »
Sadly the program only puts windows to sleep, it cannot control any other applications :-( ... or do u know a program that can do this?
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 12:51:42 pm »
Quote from: ichkriegediekriese on October 14, 2009, 12:45:56 pm
Sadly the program only puts windows to sleep, it cannot control any other applications :-( ... or do u know a program that can do this?
you could use MC's built-in scheduler.  its under devices.  8)
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2009, 01:14:23 pm »
I've actually seen this happen as well, and I know I wasn't playing music or recording any shows.

I did recently wipe the system and put Win7 RTM on it, though, so I'll have to try it again and report back in. I had no idea it could be MC causing this.
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Re: Windows 7 MC14 prohibits S3
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2009, 01:21:30 pm »
There are an amazing number of things that can cause S3 problems.

For example, if I plug an empty USB hub in at home, my machine won't stay asleep.  It also won't reliably go to sleep automatically, but Windows doesn't provide a way to see why.  Ugh.
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