From: Pavel A. on 3 Dec 2009 00:24 Hannes, In addition to reply of Tim, maybe the Windows Logo program document can give you more clues. For example, see in the recent updates: <quote> CONNECT-0126: All USB devices and host controllers work properly upon resume from sleep, hibernation or restart without a forced reset of the USB host controller. Clarified wording, added justification to design notes. </quote> Regards, --pa "Hannes" <hannes.news(a)newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:A4227441-B0FD-4F44-B518-172DB6BCCA20(a)microsoft.com... > Excuse me gentlemen, for I must be having a blond moment here. > > 1. Let's assume that while the PC sleeps, the embedded USB devices are > completely powered off. Dead. Supply voltage, USB bus voltage, everything. > 2. Someone then presses the power button to resume the PC. > 3. All embedded USB devices are powered on. > 4. Windows resumes > 5. At some point, Windows, or each device stack, checks if a device is > still > present. > I see 2 possible outcomes: >> 5a. The device is present (i.e. speaks USB), and the driver remains >> loaded. >> 5b. The device is NOT present (i.e. does not respond to USB >> communication) and its driver gets unloaded. Bing-bong. > > On Windows 7, what is the minimum time step-3-to-step-5 ? > (i.e. for how long can a USB device boot without getting unloaded?) > > Please let me know if: > - I have gotten it all completely backwards > - we should direct this question to a different newsgroup or forum > - we should open a support case to get this time figure > > Thanks a lot for your efforts this far. > > / Hannes. |