Oh yes, Vista will awaken from a hibernate state. My wife's wireless mouse
adapter will wake her computer if left plugged in overnight. If I remove
the wireless receiver from the USB port it sleeps until dawn. Check
hardware devices (disconnect all), make sure no scheduled tasks are running
and awakening the unit.

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"DRT" <DRT@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>I have Vista Ultimate running on my new Toshiba S-5034 notebook. In the
>middle of the night, I don't know exactly when, the thing wakes up for some
>reason and sucks up juice! Aaargh!
>
> The notebook gets awfully hot in the bag as the fan struggles to keep it
> cool in the confined space. I am left with a weak battery for my commute
> too :-(
>
> I thought that hibernate was the deepest power saving mode? The hardware
> is completely powered off. It is only that the O/S saves the CPU and
> memory state to HDD right and makes a boot-up "note" to itself to restore
> the image? Therefore, can any task that was running in Windows possibly
> wake up a system in hibernate state? I don't think so because they aren't
> running.
>
> Since the notebook is in my bag with no Ethernet or wireless on, I am sure
> that Wake-on-LAN (WoL) couldn't possibly be the culprit for problem or
> could it?
>
> Yes, I am sure my notebook is in hibernate mode and *not* in sleep mode.
> All lights go off on this Toshiba (there is a standby light) and I have
> unplugged the notebook's battery and power adapter. I can successfully
> resume where I left off after reattaching everything and powering back on.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice on this problem? TIA!
>
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