Hybernation Problem with >1GB RAM -- "Insufficient Resources to Complete this API" !!

I originally had 1GB RAM in my 9300 and subsequently upgraded to 2GB. I (almost) never shutdown the 9300 and instead put it to hibernation when done using it.

While I was using the 1GB RAM, everything was fine. However, since upgrading to 2GB, the machine often fails to go to hibernate and will fail with an error message something like "Insufficient Resources to Complete this API". Usually this happens when I have lots of programs open (or when the machine has not been shutdown for a couple days).

What's worse, is that when this error happens, it goes ahead and DISABLES the hibernate button ... so without doing a shutdown-restart I can't even put it to hibernate any more

Even though the issue sounds like it has to do with how much resource is being used at the moment, it is actually not that. It has to do with how much physical RAM you have installed. With Windows XP SP1, Microsoft had acknowledged this issue and this was supposed to be fixed in SP2 ... but obviously it hasn't.

To give an example, in my old lappy, I could have as many programs open at a time (say 20 internet explorer windows) and the machine would NEVER fail to hibernate. It had 1GB RAM. When my 9300 had 1GB RAM, it would correctly hibernate as well. However, with 2GB RAM in the 9300, anytime I have (say) more than 7-8 IE windows open, the machine will almost certainly fail to hibernate.

So now I have to close down as many apps as possible before trying to hibernate (since I get only one chance, thanks to the stupid decision by Windows to DISABLE hibernate if it fails once ).

Anyway, has anyone else seen this issue and are there any known solutions for this ?

Cool ! I'll have to try the hotfix. Last time I checked the MS knowledgebase, I only found the older article and all it said was that it is a known issue that will be fixed by the latest service pack.

Thanks !

Are you being able to download the hotfix ? It comes up as unavailable to me. If I manually search for the download for solution 330909, I get to this page which is still the old fix (look at the date published -- 2/27/2003)

Link to current version of the hotfix (not working for me) :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4-03f357180135


Link to older version of the hotfix :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Yeah, this is the one I am going to try (after setting the system restore point, like you suggested, although I believe all hotfix installers also create a restore point).

Something tells me that this is the correct exe, just the date on that page has not been updated. In fact if you look at the two URLs I posted above, you will see that they are basically the same (i.e. contain the same UUID) ... the first one just has a messed up syntax.

Okay, no go with this hotfix Tried installing it but the installer quits saying that the installed service pack version is higher than this patch ... so it quits without installing !

Back to searching for another solution !

Thanks for the feedback everyone !

DarkWolf and Larryc2 - approximately how many apps do you keep open when you put the machine to hibernate ?

If I close down most of my apps (keeping may be 4-5 open at the most) then for a few days the machine goes to hibernate fine, but after Windows has been up for more than 3-4 days (going to hibernate every night), it eventually refuses to hibernate even with just 4-5 apps and at that point I am forced to reboot (or just go to standby, instead of hibernate).

Also, those of you with 2GB RAM and NOT seeing the problem -- are you using Dell RAM or third party RAM ? I don't think the actual brand of RAM matters, but just in case ...

Thanks for the suggestion bigddybn ! I will definitely try it, but something tells me that that is not the problem, since hibernation does work fine the first couple times after a reboot.

I am also using the Trnascend RAM from Newegg, and I am fairly certain this problem has got nothing to do with the actual brand/type of RAM ... it is a bug lying within Windows XP that can't handle hibernation properly with >1GB RAM *and* lots of open applications.

I usually have at least 8-10GB free all the time. My HDD is 100GB and out of that about 5-5.5GB is taken by the Dell Restore partitions, and the rest is allocated to C. My c:\hiberfil.sys file is 1.99GB in size.