not going into standby

when I try to go into standby mode the screen turns off but thats it. I cannot get the system to come back on unless if I hold down the power button to turn it off then back on.

I tried changing the option to "do nothing" when I close the lid on the laptop, then change it back to go into standby mode but no luck

it does it regardless of if I just close the lid, or click start-turn off computer-standby

 

Standby & Hibernate Issues in Windows XP – Kelly’s Corner

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_standby.htm

 

got it fixed, it was a driver problem courtesy of windows update

thanks!