Because I leave my system on for long periods of time, I have always used Standby mode, up until recently. Once the computer reaches Standby mode, it is impossible to bring it out again. I press a key on the keyboard, the hard drive begins to sping up, but then nothing else happens. The only way to return it to normal again is to reset the PC. I have no screensaver assigned, and I have even formatted my hard drive and gone back to Windows 98 instead of Windows Me. The problem still persists, which leads me to believe that hardware is to blame. Anyone have any suggestions? Here are my system specs (Yes, I included every component, but somebody always wants to know something dumb like what my monitor model is when we're discussing hard drive failure.):

Intel Pentium III 866
ASUS P3V4X Apollo Pro 133A
128 MB Mushkin PC150 HSDRAM + 128 MB OCZ Performance Plus SDRAM
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 41GB ATA/66 Hard Drive
ASUS AGP-V6800 Pure GeForce 256 DDR Video Card
Aureal Vortex2 SQ2500 Sound Card
Creative iNFRA 6000 40X CD-ROM Drive
Iomega Zip 100 Drive
Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 NIC
Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400 Speakers
Samsung SyncMaster 950p 19" Monitor
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
Generic 250W Power Supply
3DCOOl.COM Case Fan, Ultra Thin Exhauster, Monitor Fan
Antec KS388 Case

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