To Hibernate Of Not To Hibernate.......

[Fargo]

hmm strange one here..

im running the same copy of XP Pro with SP2 on 3 of my machines.. all have the hibernate option available,, cept the bloody one i need it on. any ideas why folks..

[whitie]

Have a look in the "Control panel" - "Power Options"

Then check the Hibernation box is checked

[Whitebeam]

Fairly sure this is a hardware / bios issue. Hibernate option will only appear if the motherboard & bios support it (part of ACPI functins I think). There was a page on the Micro$oft website in the tech help section but I can't find it.

Try google search for info & check your motherboard manufacturers website for updates / tech notes.

[Fargo]

now in the bios although there was no ACPI enabled option, i have all the rest of the options, like S1, S3 or both, blah blah..

the motherboard im using is an EPIA MII, which lots of people are using inther car pc,, even brett his works fine..

my psu supports controlled shutdonw and standby..

[Brettster]

I left all those options in the bios to factory settings and just selected the hibernate option in the power options in the screensavers tab

[Fargo]

just checked my power options,, and hibernate is not there...

[Brettster]

did you update your bios to the latest one and install the correct gfx driver to match it?

[Fargo]

i believe i did that the other night..from here

[Brettster]

thats the one, must be an option not selected somewhere then