New Dell Vostro 400 Desktop with Intel Quad processor, 2 GB ram, Win XP hangs when coming out of Hibernate or Standby; also hangs when trying to boot on oaccasion. The problems are intermittent. Can only resolve by removing power and then takes numerous efforts to resolve. Have changed video cards and drivers and removed video card without resolution. Have reinstalled XP and moved to XP Pro. All drivers are current.

If it is getting hanged often then it can be due to some part being loose. like the CD drive is not connected properly. or the lan card is not connected properly

if any of the devices are not connected properly system tries to update and hence gets hanged

Have you been into the setup screens and seen what standby modes are offered. They are now normally listed as S1&S3, S5.

Which Standby mode is set now in your bios settings?

The ability to recover from Standy or Hibernate mode is quite dependent on your system's Power Supply. It is very possible that this is not functioning correctly. Would you be willing to accept that as an answer?

Regards,
Worldvet

Hi,

Try setting your CMOS/BIOS to default and not optimize. Alternately, reset your CMOS/BIOS using the jumper on the motherboard or removing the battery for a few minutes. Thereafter on POST, configure only the date/time and leave everything else to default settings.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

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Use memtest to test your ram
http://www.memtest.org/

You better reformat your desktop,maybe virus infected allready,it happens of my PC before virus infected, desame of problem yours hung ups ,intermittent ,its going works only when turns off and turn on again hungs again ,,when i going to reformat its okey again..try this option..

Did you purchase the computer new? Is it still under warranty?
Thanks,
Lee

Computer stops functioning. Whatever was on the screen at the time of the lockup remains there, and the computer does not respond to any input from keyboard or mouse.
Unfortunately, you can’t do anything to prevent a system lockup after one has already happened. The only remedy is a reboot (restart the computer). You can try restarting the computer by pressing the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination. If that doesn’t work, hold down the computer’s power button until the machine shuts off, and then give it a full 10 seconds of rest before starting it again.

Restarting your computer may resolve the issue that created the lockup. Try once again to complete the task you were attempting at the time of the lockup. If your system freezes once again, you'll need to begin systematically diagnosing the problem.

a limited amount of memory and processing power. Any attempt you make to push your computer beyond those limits will probably end in a lockup.

Try to use 1 ram first then try the other one maybe ram is not suitable with your motherboard or each other