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Re: Different levels of sleep.

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On Thu, 5/1/2025 3:48 PM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 5/1/2025 2:03 PM, micky wrote:
> 
>> That was true until sometime between 1 and 5 this morning, eastern time,
>> but now the mouse won't wake the computer.  Apparently it took a year
>> for the change you suggested to take effect.
>>
>>
> Ah. That explains it. It's one of those rare annual settings. :)
> 
>> BTW, in Device Manager, the external mouse is listed first.  That
>> surprises me.
>>
>>>    If that doesn't work, which sometimes happens on newer
>>> computers, that means the BIOS is controling it. On my
>>> current computer I can't stop the mouse from waking if
>>> I enable USB waking in the BIOS. My only choice was to
>>> select PS2 waking and get a PS2 adapter for my keyboard!
>>
>> Wow.  So you are using the PS2 port on the PC, and a USB keyboard with a
>> PS2 adapter on it so  you can plug it into the PS2 port, right?
>>
>> (I actually still have some PS2 keyboards, but the laptop, the current
>> problem, has no PS2 port.   :-(    )
>>
> 
>    I rarely use a laptop. I have a USB wireless mouse when I
> do. Life's too short for laptop ergonomics. I'm not sure I've ever
> used it enough to even care about sleep!
> 
>   The PS2 thing is weird. PS2 ports were almost phased out, but
> the computer I built last year -- MSI Pro B760 -- has both PS2
> ports. It's all down under the desk right now and I'm not
> sure of details, but at least the keyboard is either PS2 or has
> a PS2 adapter. It's an old Logitech off-white that I don't want
> to give up. I hate black keyboards. I can't see the letters well
> enough.
> 
>   At any rate, the PS2 advantage is only due to this MSI board's
> peculiar configuration. If you don't have a BIOS option to
> wake up from PS2 then it won't matter.
> 

PS2 is a great standard. Why ? Because it works, that's why :-)
You can't say that about very much of the computer.

Hardly any driver is required. That's part of it. It's a low rate
serial interface of sorts. And it seems to run right away.

You could lose control of a PC for up to a couple minutes, while waiting
for the USB to cut in. That's if the computer decides it has
never seen nor tasted your USB keyboard and USB mouse before.
It's quite slow to finish hardware discovery. And it has to
draw those silly ass animations on the screen. "I am discovering
your USB ports" "I am having a coffee to refresh myself"
"I am considering installing the same driver that was here
last week" "OK, turkey, you can use your keyboard now snicker"

   Paul

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  Re: Different levels of sleep. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-05-01 08:28 +0200
    Re: Different levels of sleep. "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-05-01 08:33 +0100
      Re: Different levels of sleep. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-01 08:46 +0100
        Re: Different levels of sleep. Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-05-01 10:45 -0700
          Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 14:28 -0400
            Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 14:40 -0400
            Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-02 01:48 -0400
              Re: Different levels of sleep. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-02 14:08 -0400
            Re: Different levels of sleep. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-02 06:49 -0400
          Re: Different levels of sleep. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-02 19:36 +1000
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        Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 13:39 -0400
    Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 04:59 -0400
      Re: Different levels of sleep. MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-05-01 16:30 +0100
        Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 14:33 -0400
      Re: Different levels of sleep. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-05-01 17:35 +0200
        Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 14:31 -0400
      Re: Different levels of sleep. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-01 11:51 -0400
        Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-01 14:03 -0400
          Re: Different levels of sleep. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-01 15:48 -0400
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              Re: Different levels of sleep. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-02 08:15 -0400
                Re: Different levels of sleep. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-02 12:01 -0400
          Re: Different levels of sleep. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-02 01:36 -0400
  Re: Different levels of sleep.  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:21 -0400
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