http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Vista Insomnia - an alternative solution en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-insomnia-an-alternative-solution#post-9246 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:34:51 +0000 Starlionblue 9246@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Apart from the usual unchecking of all "allow this device to wake up..." boxes, I have found one more thing involved in this conundrum. It's a motherboard jumper.</p> <p>I was able to stop Vista waking up with the usual "power management" tab unchecking and wake-on-lan disabling. To wake it up, I had to press the power button. Not very elegant but it works.</p> <p>Several months later, I was leafing through my motherboard manual (as you do...) and read about a jumper allowing "USB Device Wake-Up". Turns out it was off by default. I set the jumper to on and hey presto, Vista stays asleep but I can still use the keyboard to wake it up! (have to re-check the box in device manager of course.)</p> <p>My motherboard (Asus P5B-E) has one jumper for each set of USB ports, plus one for PS/2. I went over to a friend and her Asus has only one jumper for everything. But it works for her too. And the jumper was the only way to fix her Vista insomnia!</p> <p>Very happy now. </p>