Re: acpi ...apm tab missing

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From: stephen crawford (stephenlewis_at_crawford72.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:18:46 +0100

is it possible to update" standard pc" driver in device manager to a acpi
compliant driver to enable auto shutdown
regards
steve
"stephen crawford" <stephenlewis@crawford72.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
message news:%23k$66xYqEHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thankyou ..ive been searching for ages for an answer for this ... i have
> just got the Hibernate tab as you say in power options in control panel
and
> its a standard pc in device manager so may not be setup for xp power
> managment although m/board box says acpi ready unless the shutdown
problem
> relating to something else
> regards
> steve
>
>
> "Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uYs$emYqEHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:05:57 +0100, stephen crawford wrote:
> >
> > > i dont have an apm tab in bios just acpi set to s1/posand there is no
> apm
> > > tab in power managment in control panel and nothing in device manager
> about
> > > acpi (includes hidden files) as computer wont power down now since
> upgrade
> > > to xp looked at knowledge base which eventually goes on about changing
> hal
> > > drivers but if you get wrong could lead to your computer not starting
> anyone
> > > had similar.......any help would be appreciated where its not a huge
> problem
> > > it would be good to find a fix.....i also tried upgrade to sp2..hard
> drive
> > > crashed,(not connected to sp2 upgrade as far as i know) but before it
> > > crashed it would get to" shutting down windows" then screen would go
> black i
> > > then turn off manually.. so now have new hdd and fresh install of xp
> > > sp1....which says "its now safe ect"
> > > regards
> > > steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> > The APM tab shows up in Power Options when using a system board using
this
> > older form of power management. To get automatic shutdown, APM must be
> > enabled via Control Panel after Windows is installed.
> >
> > A Hibernate tab (instead of APM) will appear if using a more recent
board.
> > No extra steps necessary for an automatic shutdown.
> >
> > If not certain what HAL was installed, open Device Manager and check
what
> > is stated under Computer. Example: My system uses a single processor (no
> > dual CPU or hyperthreading) and it's ACPI compliant. Device Manager
shows
> > "ACPI Uniprocessor PC." If you find "Standard PC" here, the system was
not
> > setup as APM or ACPI type for Windows power management and automatic
> > shutdown will not be available.
> >
> > --
> > Sharon F
> > MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
>
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