Power saver software on my Toshiba laptop does not show the Hibernate option at all (when the lid is shut) and so the battery drains really fast
I have a Toshiba Satellite A65 S-1068. Recently the Windows XP Home crashed and I have installed another version (Professional) having lost the original CD that came with the laptop. I am gradually downloading all the drivers etc. from the Toshiba site. My problem is with the Power Saver Software. The newly installed software does not show the Hibernate option at all (when the lid is shut) and so the battery drains really fast and the computer remains on even when the lid is shut. How to solve this issue? Please help!
I never use the hibernation option, so I decided to check if the power saver software on my Toshiba Satellite A105 has it. And I found that the hibernation option in not there by default. Here’s how I was able to enable it.
Open the control panel and click on the power options icon. It will bring you to the power options properties where you have to select the hibernation tab. In here enable the hibernation by selecting the box and click on OK to save the settings. Now, when the hibernation is enable in the Windows power options you can go to Toshiba power saver settings. There you should be able to select the hibernation mode, when the display is closed.
December 5th, 2006 at 7:02 am
Hi,
I had exactly the same problem with my Toshiba Tecra A3, i’ve installed Professional XP and the hibernation option doesn’t exist in either the Power Saver application or the control panel Power Options. So does anyone know of another 3rd party program or another fix to this problem short of uninstalling professional and installing the home edition.
thanks
orfeo
February 5th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
I HAD the same problem with my Toshiba Tecra. Reinstalled Win XP and no hibernation tab or standby. The solution was that I needed the Toshiba video driver. It seems the Win XP driver runs the vid but it’s not enought to enable the hibernation or standby. My breakthrough came when I read the MS knowledge base article ID 266169 and put it together with the fact that there is a powersaver option on the control panel display.
Hope it helps!!!
February 14th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
My father just purchased a Thinkpad T60. As you all know when you plug in your laptop it gets brighter. Is there a way to keep its brightness as if it were pluged in without it actually being plugged in? The dimness of it when it’s not plugged in strains his eyes.
Thanks
February 15th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Scott McCloud,
You have to have some kind of power management software (power options) installed on your ThinkPad, it would be either Windows or IBM (Lenovo
) utility. You should be able to find this utility in the control panel. Adjust display brightness in there. I believe by default the display brightness is set to be lower when the laptop runs from the battery.
On some notebooks (Dells for example) you can change the display brightness in the BIOS, not sure if it’s true for IBM notebooks.
February 20th, 2007 at 11:40 am
I have an Hp Pavilion N5425 laptop. Two days ago I powered up the computer, but before I could log in, etc. it went into hibernation. Problem: I’ve been unable to get it out of hibernation…can’t power up at all..so no start up screen, etc. Help!
February 21st, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Marjorie,
Unplug the power adapter and remove the battery. Wait for two-three minutes then plug in the AC adapter and try turning it on again.
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:03 am
I have different problem…hope anyone having sollution..
i have dell inspiron….when DELL gave me laptop, after pressing “turnoff comp” option from start menu, i was having all 4 options together like hibernate, standby, restart and shutdown.
somehow i need to reinstalled winxp, and after installing it again, now i get only 3 options standby, restart and shutdown..however hibernate is enable after pressing that SHIFT key option.
but can anybody tell what to do to show all 4 options together like before i.e. HIBERNATE STANDBY RESTART SHUTDOWN all together?????
December 18th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Try this…
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730
Worked on my Tecra A1 and Dell Inspiron.
Regards.
December 30th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
I have an satellite M35-S359
I was getting error messages like code 0X51 and others…so I deleted the power saver option from the drop down list in power management
so i deleted power saver from my add/delete programs and reinstalled it but the option to use power management still isn’t visible and I’m still getting error messages
what can i do?
August 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
How to get my laptop to come back on…it looks like it went into hibernate mode and the power cord was not plugged in…so it ran out of battery life too…now i have plugged the power cord in…i see the power light on however have a bland screen. how do i fix it
August 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Bryan Gillam,
You can try this. Unplug the power adapter and remove the battery. Wait for a couple of minutes, plug in the power adapter and try turning the laptop on.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I have a toshiba satellite x200/x205 or something and it used to have the hibernate option but a month ago it stops letting me have that option and I can’t find a hibernate tab can someone help me out please?
December 17th, 2008 at 10:16 am
I have lg rd510 laptop.my laptop does not show hibernate tab in power option in win xp x64 bit professional OS.and computer very slow when wake up from stand by mode.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Most of the time when I install XP, the stanby button is not active, but after I install all the updates ( service pack 2 and 3 ) the problem is fixed.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hello,I have a toshiba satellite A105-S4094 laptop with xp media center w/sp3.I have been receiving intermittent errors windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close followed by error toshiba power saver fatal error 0×0.The power saver program still works ok on battery or ac adapter.If I try to remove the power saver (7.03.07.1)from add-remove programs I get error unable to locate the installation log file C:\Programs Files\Toshiba\Power Saver\Uninst.isu (uninstallation will not continue.I am able to find the power saver file via regedit however if I remove it that way, it’s still listed in add/remove directory but it’s gone from the task bar but then when I restart I get the toshiba power saver fatal execution error 0×0. I would like to remove/replace toshiba power saver! thanks Greg
December 18th, 2009 at 8:42 am
i need some help about my toshiba laptop.when i sow a movie after awhile i sleep then the laptop finish the battry power at that time i didnt plug a charger then i wake up give the power (charge) it couldnt open just the charger, the battry indicator gives a light and also dvd rom always give alight then please help me as much as you can!
thank you!!!