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When a Windows Vista-based computer is in hybrid sleep mode, the Wake On LAN (WOL) functionality may not wake the computer from hybrid sleep. This problem may occur in both wired and wireless network environments.

Consider the following scenario. You enable the hybrid sleep feature on a Windows Vista-based computer. The computer has PS/2 devices that are connected. The computer experiences a power loss. In this scenario, the PS/2 devices may not function when the computer resumes power.

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You experience the following symptoms on a computer that is running Windows Vista:

• The Allow hybrid sleep option is missing from the Advanced settings tab of the Power Options dialog box in Windows Vista.
• When you run the powercfg.exe -a command to list the power states that are supported on the computer, the output that appears includes the following lines:
  

  The system firmware does not support this standby state.
  Hybrid Sleep

These symptoms occur intermittently. When you restart the computer, the Allow hybrid sleep option reappears. Additionally, when you run the powercfg.exe -a command again, the output that appears includes a line that resembles the following:

The following sleep states are available on this system: Hybrid Sleep

You enable the hybrid sleep feature in the Windows Vista power plan settings. When the computer goes into hybrid sleep, you are not notified when the display is turned off. Additionally, you do not receive notification to help you determine whether the computer is still in transition to hybrid sleep. For example, the light-emitting diode (LED) light on a mobile PC does not blink.

In Windows Vista, Windows ReadyDrive does not work if the first partition of a hybrid hard disk drive has less than 32 megabytes (MB) of free space. When this problem occurs, the operating system does not recognize the hybrid hard disk drive. Instead, the operating system uses this disk drive as a traditional disk drive.