Hi,

I finally updated my BIOS from 1999/07/05 to 2000/11/20. This is the latest available BIOS update for my motherboard and promises suppor for Windows XP. But Stand By is still not supported in my PII 400MHz. :(
Windows XP is based on Windows 2000 and it released in 2000 Jan which is way before my new BIOS date!



I would like to know if there are any other factor which prevent supporting Stand By.
Will I have to re-install Windows again?

Thanks for your time. :)

look in device manager at computer, and see if it's listed as either acpi pc, apm pc, or standard pc, or something else and post

thanks for the quick reply Seph, it is listed as Standard PC. :)

I found this:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Power Options, click the APM tab, and then click to clear the Enable Advanced Power Management Support check box.

2. Restart the computer.

3. Go back into the Control Panel, double-click Power Options, click the APM tab, and then click to select the Enable Advanced Power Management Support check box.

That should get it. you may only need to do step 3 then 2 if it is not already selected.

hi trminatr,

my APM was already disabled. so i enabled it and clicked Apply. didn't ask to restart. then i get the follow screen:


still no StandBy. only Stand By. :(

Some boards are funny when it comes to stand by or automaic turn off. I have a Super Socket 7 mobo for a machine, and although it did turn off in in Win 98 it wont for Windows 2000. I guess you will just have to bite the bullet and XP probably won't ever recognise this mobo, even if you reinstall WIndows.

Another thing that was working for me in the past, be shure that your monitor is correctly detect :lol: No generic monitor but the name of is brand ;)

Works for me in the past :D

Every single time I've had this Problem. It was because of, The Monitor

I know you updated your bios - but have you changed the settings in the bios?

Otherwise - it may be just a hardware issue that you will have to live with :(

afaik, monitor are responsible to the Turn Off Monitor (see picture) feature. i never had problems with my monitor. it is energy star compliant and it can be powered down by windows.
for the StandBy it may be BIOS and some other factors, but i dont know which.
@trminatr, yeah the BIOS shows APM enabled. :(

@Sephiroth, u asked my type computer. m8, shall we proceed with the next step? thanks! :)