Working with an older motherboard, an ECS K7SEM. I originally used this system with Win 98SE and, IIRC, it would go into Standby mode in the normal way.
In Sept. 2004, I transferred the computer to my nephew, a college student. He bought Win XP and Office 2003 at academic pricing and installed them. He recently bought a new hard drive and asked me to install it. I have his OS CD and the Office 2003 CD. I installed the new hard drive, installed Win XP SP2, upated some drivers, and got some OS updates via Windows Updates.
Device Manager looks good; all devices working properly. However, Standby mode is not available. Hibernation is present. I've looked at BIOS settings and tested a few changes to settings, but still do not have Standby capability. However, I can go into Power settings and set the monitor to go off after a certain time.
Here's something that might be significant. In Device Manager, the first item shown is Computer. If I expand it to show the specific name, it simply says "Standard PC". By comparision, my main computer shows "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC". If I try to update the driver for "Standard PC", the Hardware Update Wizard says it cannot find a better driver.
Edit: here's another point that might be significant. When I open the Properites panel for Standard PC, I see 4 tabs (General, IRQ Steering, Driver, and Details). On my own computer, I do not see the tab named IRQ Steering. Also, if I click on the Details tab, I see ROOT\PCI_HAL\0000. On my own PC, I see ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000.
In Sept. 2004, I transferred the computer to my nephew, a college student. He bought Win XP and Office 2003 at academic pricing and installed them. He recently bought a new hard drive and asked me to install it. I have his OS CD and the Office 2003 CD. I installed the new hard drive, installed Win XP SP2, upated some drivers, and got some OS updates via Windows Updates.
Device Manager looks good; all devices working properly. However, Standby mode is not available. Hibernation is present. I've looked at BIOS settings and tested a few changes to settings, but still do not have Standby capability. However, I can go into Power settings and set the monitor to go off after a certain time.
Here's something that might be significant. In Device Manager, the first item shown is Computer. If I expand it to show the specific name, it simply says "Standard PC". By comparision, my main computer shows "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC". If I try to update the driver for "Standard PC", the Hardware Update Wizard says it cannot find a better driver.
Edit: here's another point that might be significant. When I open the Properites panel for Standard PC, I see 4 tabs (General, IRQ Steering, Driver, and Details). On my own computer, I do not see the tab named IRQ Steering. Also, if I click on the Details tab, I see ROOT\PCI_HAL\0000. On my own PC, I see ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000.
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