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Dell D820 - Standby Icon in Power Down is Greyed out???

post #1 of 8
7/22/12 at 5:27pm
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Hi Folks,

 

I had a similar thread back in March, but still no joy.

 

When I go to power down, the 'Standby' selection is greyed out.


What could cause this?

 

Dell D820 Win XP SP3

 


Thanks,

 

Tim

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post #2 of 8
7/22/12 at 11:55pm
Did you verify that Standby is being enabled?

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post #3 of 8
7/23/12 at 6:35am
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Where would I enable it?

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post #4 of 8
7/23/12 at 8:08am
Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Power Options.

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post #5 of 8
7/23/12 at 9:24am
Thread Starter 

Hi QHN,

 

Well, I don't have a 'performance and maintenance' tab under the control panel, just 'power options'.  (running XP).

 

In the power options, there are the various power configurations, but no ability to enable or disable the standby or hibernate function.

 

There is a selection under the advanced tag that you can select what to do when the cover is closed.  If you select 'hibernate', then 'apply', close the window, then re-open that window, the selection is back to  'do nothing'.  It did not keep the hibernate selection.

 

However, I think this is a more systemic issue than just a selection in the power options area.

 

PLEASE prove me wrong!  :-)

 

Thanks,

 

Tim

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post #6 of 8
7/23/12 at 1:24pm
We can try next reviewing your Computer Properties (devices manager) and see if ACPI is activated

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post #7 of 8
7/23/12 at 4:28pm
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Hi qhn,

 

Well, I'm gonna bit the bullet & reload XP.  IE8 was acting kind of wierd as well, so I'm reloading XP on a 2nd D820.  Once that is done, and I get all my data transferred, I'll run a clone of the hard drive. 

 

Thanks!

 

Tim

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post #8 of 8
7/23/12 at 9:51pm
okie dokie. Good luck

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