Standby & Hybernate Greyed Out

[Ron Menzies]

Hi,
The Standby & Hybernate button is Greyed Out on a XP-Pro
installation. I have installed all the latest drivers and
updates. I have removed (i think) it from device manager
and restarted the pc. It finds the device and reinstalls
it but still does not work.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Regards,
Ron Menzies

 

[Fishface]

The Standby & Hybernate button is Greyed Out on a XP-Pro
installation. I have installed all the latest drivers and
updates. I have removed (i think) it from device manager
and restarted the pc. It finds the device and reinstalls
it but still does not work.

I no idea what "it" is, but it sounds intriguing.

Check in Device Manager to see if under computer it says
ACPI PC. If you didn't have ACPI enabled in the bios
setup, it will install a different HAL appropriate for a "standard
PC." That actually applies to Windows 2000, but I'm sure XP
is very similar. You may need to enable ACPI in the bios and
do a repair installation. Hibernate support can be enabled in
Control Panel with the Power applet if the ACPI HAL is installed.

 

[Ron Menzies]

-----Original Message-----


I no idea what "it" is, but it sounds intriguing.

Check in Device Manager to see if under computer it says
ACPI PC. If you didn't have ACPI enabled in the bios
setup, it will install a different HAL appropriate for a "standard
PC." That actually applies to Windows 2000, but I'm sure XP
is very similar. You may need to enable ACPI in the bios and
do a repair installation. Hibernate support can be enabled in
Control Panel with the Power applet if the ACPI HAL is

installed.

Sorry "it" is ACPI system device in device manager.
It reports the pc as "ACPI Uniprocessor PC" in device
manager. The BIOS settings were correct at install.
Any other idea's?

Ron

 

[Fishface]

It reports the pc as "ACPI Uniprocessor PC" in device
manager. The BIOS settings were correct at install.
Any other idea's?

I found this quote on google:

"uniprocessor kernel is for SMP boards with only one CPU active"

I do not know for certain that this is true. If that does not apply,
you might try changing to it to "Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) PC"

Here's the thread:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

 

[Ron]

-----Original Message-----


I found this quote on google:

"uniprocessor kernel is for SMP boards with only one CPU active"

I do not know for certain that this is true. If that does not apply,
you might try changing to it to "Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) PC"

Thankyou for the suggestions, i changed the kernel to
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface PC and rebooted
but it is still not working.

Ron