> > >>> Jon Galbreath <[log in to unmask]> 6/9/2009 11:58 AM >>> > > My guess is that it's a driver problem even if you're using a newer one > than the one HP has listed. Have you tried rolling back to the one on HP's > site? It could also be a problem with the power management settings. Some > kind of conflict when the machine wakes up that takes some time to resolve, > but again, could be a driver problem in that it's not managing the wake up > process properly > Actually you raise a good point. I suppose it's possible that the driver HP ghosted to the hard drive might even be older than the one they now have on their site. That's something I never thought about. Can you trust the timestamp of a driver file as installed to correspond to its actual production date? Hmm. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Clifford Beckett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To Rich Wiggins > I've seen similar problems with a Dell portable and an ALPs touchpad. I > ended up disabling the sleep-hibernate functions. > Cliff > That's where I'm afraid I'll end up. A rare HP computer with an obscure bug related to sleep mode. I don't think my odds of solving this are good. But I'll try the older driver. Thanks, everyone, for your sage insights. /rich