Will not Wake from suspend & Chromium Add-on overscanning - Generic.x86_64_8.1.2 8.2

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    I am new to LibreELEC so please forgive me if I'm missing something.....I acquired (free) an old DELL Latitude E6420 with a broken display screen and decided to turn it into a HTPC/Kodi box. (I disconnected the broken LCD screen in the lid and am running video out the HDMI to a Panasonic Plasma TV) I wiped the hard drive and loaded "LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.1.2.img" via a USB. I find it boots up fast and works great but with a couple of issues....when I put the box into suspense it will not wake up no matter what key I press on the built in keyboard or the Logitech K400 Plus HTPC wireless keyboard. I've changed the BIOS setting to have the machine wake from suspense via a USB device and have tried all of the USB ports. Does not work. When the box goes into suspense, the fan keeps running at a high speed, does not power down as I would expect and the screen is blank except for a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. The only way to get it to wake is to power off/ on. What I am trying to do is: Manually power on the machine, place into my entertainment cabinet and put it into suspense when not in use. (I would reboot the device manually a couple times a week to keep things in good order.) Any suggestions?

    The other issue I have is display over scanning when running the Chromium add-on. The edges run off the screen. Any idea on how to properly resize to fit the TV?

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    Quote from loue1984

    Any suggestions?

    I've an old E6400 which gets used for testing once in a while. Suspend type stuff worked once in the past but never since I updated the firmware about 4 years ago. Solution = don't use old laptops with crap firmware as HTPC devices.

    Display overscan is ideally solved by setting the TV to some kind of "Just scan" setting instead of forcing 16:9. If that's not possible you can go into Kodi and calibrate the screen output for each refresh rate that you will use; i.e. if you calibrate at the default 60Hz you also need to repeat at 23.98 (23.976Hz) and 50Hz (PAL 25Hz x2) etc.

    Copy. Didn't know about the firmware deficiencies. Just trying to re-purpose an old machine. We will just do the manual power on until I do a new build. Maybe a Raspberry Pi? Any suggestions or guidance?

    The TV is kinda old (2009) and has its own firmware issues. No "Just Scann" setting. My main custom HTPC build (Linux Mint w/ Kodi) I hooked up to this TV previously had over-scanning problems too. The other two newer TVs in the house have no issues.

    Will give the Hz calibration in Kodi a try.

    Thanks for the reply.