When you resume your computer from standby, your computer may stop responding (hang).

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This problem can occur if the Pci.sys driver does not wait the required 10 milliseconds to access a device after power is turned on.

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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Release Date: February 10, 2002

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version      Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   02-Dec-2001  17:21  5.1.2600.21  62,464  Pci.sys
				

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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