topic Alps touchpad preventing standby in PCs & Accessories

Alps touchpad preventing standby

BillDavies — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:43:08 GMT

Hi All,

I'm running XP SP2 on a PCG-TR1MP. When I attempt to put the machine into standby, XP tells me it can't because "the device driver for the 'Alps-Pointing-device' is preventing the machine from entering standby."

So far, I've tried:
1. updating the driver
2. turning off hibernation in power properties, rebooting, and turning hibernation back on
3. removing the driver and letting XP 'find' the touchpad

Any ideas? I'll be using the machine to present at a conference soon and bringing it out of standby would be a lot neater than having everyone hang around while it boots from cold.

Cheers,

Bill

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

rich912 — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:40:21 GMT

Some devices can cause this problem if enabled to bring the computer out of standby, but I am not sure whether this applies to the Alps Touchpad.
Have a look in Device Manager, if the device `properties¿ has a Power Management Tab make sure that the `Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby, checkbox is cleared.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

kee-lo_ — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 13:32:08 GMT

Get the latest driver from Alps themselves.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

BillDavies — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:00:27 GMT

Tried this, but the device does not have a power manegement tab in its properties

Some devices can cause this problem if enabled to bring the computer out of standby, but I am not sure whether this applies to the Alps Touchpad. 
Have a look in Device Manager, if the device `properties¿ has a Power Management Tab make sure that the `Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby, checkbox is cleared.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

BillDavies — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:21:14 GMT

Tried this, too. The Alps site is quite interesting - most of their stuff is automotive components. They do, however, state that they supply device drivers only to original equipment manufacturers [http://www3.alps.co.jp]

Before first posting here, I downloaded the latest driver on the Sony viao-link site (ver 5.3.510.9a, dated 12/11/2003). It didn't fix the problem.

Get the latest driver from Alps themselves.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 22:17:48 GMT

Mmm, I can't find a driver download of Alps devices on this site.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

kee-lo_ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:33:44 GMT

Wonder where William found it then...?

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

BillDavies — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:52:40 GMT

http://www.vaio-link.com/downloads/select/select.asp?l=en&m=1232

Wonder where William found it then...?

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:55:37 GMT

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Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:56:21 GMT

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Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:56:33 GMT

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Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

rich912 — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:58:47 GMT

Are you on the Scotch again Seb:smileywink:

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:04:47 GMT

CV is really strange sometimes.

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

rich912 — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:09:36 GMT

Edit Edit :smileygrin:

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:18:49 GMT

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Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

rich912 — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:25:22 GMT

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

kee-lo_ — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:20:42 GMT

LOL what went wrong there ?

Bill, nope, he said the Alps website....
I'll have to look on the search................
Wish me luck LOL

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:01:13 GMT

I'll have to look on the search

You have found anything?

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

kee-lo_ — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:35:06 GMT

Nope

Re: Alps touchpad preventing standby

seb21__ — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:41:42 GMT

mmmh,

special VAIOs, special Hardware, special Drivers.:smileysad: