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August 30th, 2006 02:00

Using XP, no powerdown

After installing XP Home on my Dell Dimension, shutdown gives me "It is now safe to turn off your computer"; but no automatic powerdown. Prior operating systems gave me no trouble in this respect. Anybody know the problem?
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    Posted August 30th, 2006 04:00

    Did you install the chipset drivers? It sounds like it has not properly detected the power features of the machine.

    Peter
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    Posted September 1st, 2006 00:00

    Found the answer via a Microsoft message board:

    start/control panel/power options/APM

    Click on Enable APM Support

     

    Powerdown works fine now. Nothing in the installation instructions indicates that you check this if your computer has the powerdown capability.

    Thanks anyway, Peter.

    Tommy J.

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    Posted September 1st, 2006 01:00

    At least you figured it out. You might have some old hardware (without ACPI). I don't even have that option on my machine.

    Peter

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