RE: Powerful workstation without Power Saving features

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Thank you very much for your thorough reply. I am going to use it on an
other PC which has the same problem.

But, back to my workstation: I bought it directly from the manufacturer, so
it is indeed the manufacturer who gave the verdict "Impossible to fix".

All the latest computer support these feature. Windows will only able to
work with them if your hardware supports.

This confirms what I assumed.

"RajKohli" wrote:

Not the manufacturer, I think. They are retailer to whom you have returned
the system. They are just cheating with you.

Did they check the BIOS settings or the settings specified in the link which
I had mention in the previous post?

All the latest computer support these feature. Windows will only able to
work with them if your hardware supports.

Even if your PC support that feature but is not being enable in BIOS then
Windows will not let you put your system in STANDBY and HIBERNATION.

You must check the Power Management Settings under BIOS. Check if the ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and APM (Advance Power
Management)is enable or not.

If your BIOS is not supporting the ACPI or APM that means, your PC is
equiped with older motherboard with a new cabinet. You should check the BIOS
Manufacturing date. You can check this by turning the PC on and on the very
first screen called (POST Screen) you can see BIOS Manufacturing Date. It
will let you know that how old your PC is.

I am telling you that just enabling this feature under BIOS will solve the
problem. Hope this information helps you, let us know!

"Dan" wrote:

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

Your hint will be extremely useful for other issues but not for this one: I
had returned the computer to the manufacturer and they told me that it is
impossible to fix this problem. But, because they consider this as NORMAL
they are refusing to make the refund.

So, what I whant is to know the opinion of the Windows XP Community: can the
absence of the hibernation feature be considered NORMAL for a powerful
workstation equiped with XP Professional?

Thanks, Dan


"RajKohli" wrote:

Standby is available even in older version of windows. See the article below,
will help you to understand why this feature is unavailable in your system.
Open the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c29621675.mspx

See the article "Resolving Power Management Problems". Hope this information
helps you let us know!

"Dan" wrote:

I bought recently a powerful, power hungry and not inexpensive workstation
equipped with Windows XP Professional.
To my surprise the power saving features (Standby and Hibernation), which I
frequently use, were not working; thus I rejected the computer.
The retailer does not consider this as being a fault because: “while these
are indeed features supported by Microsoft Windows, the ability for the
equipment to enter these modes is dependent on the capabilities of the
hardware” (sic!). This behaviour is “by design”.
Are there any “abilities of the equipment” not “dependent on the
capabilities of the hardware”?

My question to you is:
Am I not entitled to expect that a workstation advertised as being equipped
with Windows XP has the power saving features?
Should an ad which specifies Microsoft Windows XP Professional as the OS,
not specify also what features are excluded (if any), in this case the power
saving features?

.

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