need to install Advanced Power Management - please help

I'm using VIA's 4-in-1 (v4.37) drivers.

I just tried the Add New Hardware wizard:
- auto hardware detection did not find any new hardware
- manual "system device" selection method did not list
"Advanced Power Management support"

Also, the Asus A7V133 User's Manual says the following:
"IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be
installed to keep the system time updated when the computer
enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management.
For DOS environments, you need to add the statement,
DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE, to your CONFIG.SYS file.
For Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you need to install Windows
with the APM feature. For Windows 98 and later, APM is
automatically installed. A battery and power cord icon labeled
"Power Management" will appear in the "Control Panel." Choose
"Advanced" in the Power Management Properties dialog box."

So, apparently, APM is already installed in my case but
there is no listing of "Advanced Power Management support" under
"System devices" in "Device Manager".

Also, comparing the Power Management Properties dialog of
the two HDD/partition, I noticed that the "Advanced" tab is missing
the "Prompt for password when computer goes off standby" checkbox.
And, the "Power Schemes" tab is missing the "System standby" dropdown list in
the "Settings for Always On power scheme" section.

Is it possible that installing standby-related stuff may trigger
the addition of "Advanced Power Management support" under
"System devices" in "Device Manager".



"glee" wrote in message ...
The procedure for adding Advanced Power Management support in Device Manager is to
use the Add New Hardware wizard to search for new hardware, and if it detects APM
support, to allow it to install, and then reboot. However, you may not be able to
detect it without installing the drivers on motherboard disc. What VIA drivers
version number did you install? Have you tried other versions from the VIA support
web site?
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:54:50 GMT It was a dark and stormy night when
"Spamotomy" wrote :


Okay, I think I'm a little confused ...

Must I have ACPI in order to have "Advanced Power Management support" ?
In the "good" HDD/partition, there is no mention of ACPI under
"System devices" but there is an "Advanced Power Management support" item,
which is what I'm trying to replicate on the other HDD/partition

You have mis-quoted.

Mis-quoted? No, "Advanced Power Management support" is
an item under "System devices" in "Device Manager".



For ACPI to function correctly all hardware devices on the system must
be ACPI compliant including the mother board.

Their correct drivers must be correctly installed and the Windows

Software ACPI must be installed e.g the Advanced Power Management
Support as you post above.

"Advanced Power Management support" is what I'm trying to
find out how to install without depending on hardware detection since
all the hardware is already there.



If the option is there in the BIOS to enable/disable
ACPI it must be enabled.Many Modern systems either have it hidden and
set by default to,"On".

Hmmm ... will I be able to enable ACPI without getting ACPI BIOS?
If not, then I will be "back to square one" like you said.
And, I don't want that.



You may also need to re-install motherboard/mother board chip set
drivers pack/s.

Oh-no, trying to install VIA's 4-in-1 drivers caused the dreaded message:
"Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer."
After which, I can only boot into Safe mode but not into Normal mode.


As for talk of,"Partitions" you are now confusing me :/

I use the BIOS to select the HDD (and thus, the boot partition) used for
the boot process. By "HDD/partition", I mean the HDD (and thus,
the boot partition) used to boot the system.



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