stand by not working after upgrading to xp pro

[chrisgarvey]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to xp pro from xp home.

Before I upgraded i had the ability under the power management options to put my laptop into stand by.

However all the power management options under display relating to going into stand by are now blanked out.

I have a Hi-Grade Ultinote M6500.

Any ideas how to fix this problem would be very appreciated!

Chris.

 

[bcastner]

See if you can find a BIOS upgrade for the machine. It sounds as if XP was not convinced that your Advanced Power features were compatible. You can force a different HAL with an in-place Upgrade of XP. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;299340

But a hard search for an upgrade to your BIOS or APM driver is suggested as the first step.

 

[linney]

Check out some of the links in this thread.

Greyed-out STAND BY button (No HIBERNATE tab either)
thread779-596881

It is not something silly like upgrading XP Home SP1 with a XP Pro CD which didn't include SP1?