[redsniper]

When I put my computer on standby or hibernate I get a blue error screen when it wakes up. The screen doesn't last very long the only thing I managed to see was IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
512 MB RAM
Athlon 2800 xp
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
SATA HD
Win xp home
Antec 380w Truepower

so... any thoughts?

[IceFire]

Wow...so close to mine:

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
512mb PC2700 ram
Athlon XP 2700+
ATI Radeon 9700Pro
Win XP Home
Antec 330W Truepower

Weee...

I don't use sleep or standby modes.  I never trusted them.  Sorry I can't be of much help.  Just thought it was funny how close the systems were.

[Thorn]

Disable them. They're more trouble than they're worth.
Go to the power management options, you can shut them off there.

[redsniper]

so basically, they don't work and don't use them.

[Thorn]

Yeah, pretty much..

[Taristin]

I use hibernate for my PC. It's much better IMO. I usually get that blue screen often when my HD is changed by something. Really annoying. Sometimes all I can do is reformat and pray all goes well.

[demon442]

I used hibernate all the time before M$ removed it in sp4.  Its great to turn on your PC and it boot straight into the last project you had started.

[Fury]

Yeah, standby and hibernation are little devils. There's no end of trouble with them, and I know because I am working at a product support and we have a big client whose WinXP computers we are supporting.

[Nix]

Have you tried searching Microsoft's Knowledge base with the IRQL string?  Type in that not less or equal string into your search, I believe there are a few articles on it on how to correct it, or if they just admit that it's a bug, which probably wont be squashed.

[Arc]

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is something of a generic stop message, but usually stems from a driver problem. The full error message will hopefully tell you more. Turn off XP's 'auto-restart on blue screen': Control Panel -> System -> Advanced, click on the Start-up and Recovery Settings button, uncheck "Automatically restart". It should give more information, usually a .sys filename for the driver causing the problem.

Otherwise, the usual: have you installed the lastest nvidia motherboard drivers and any relevant windows updates?