My standby icon in XP is grayed out

[cash_site]

This standby icon is when you click shutdown?? Also, if you press Shift it turns into Hibernate Icon. However, these are only enabled if you have enabled APM (some old motherboards dont use it) and also enabled XP to enter standy mode or Hibernate mode.

Usually after a clean install of XP, you need to run the Motherboard Chipset driver CD, which loads all appropiate drivers for AGP, PCI, USB etc etc This tells XP of any powersaving features the MB may have.

By the sounds of it, you may have missed this last step - actually I missed it last nite on new install lol - but once you installed the drivers all is good

[Conan]

By the sounds of it, you may have missed this last step - actually I missed it last nite on new install lol - but once you installed the drivers all is good

Actually this should be the very 1st step after a reformat.

[cash_site]

Actually this should be the very 1st step after a reformat.

Absolutely Correct, it's worse on my main comp with a VIA North/South bridge, without the chipset drivers i cant do any file transfer without getting corrupted files - VIA+Creative+ATI+AMD - didnt mix well in the early days.

But it is important to write the steps down when doing a reformat install, sort of like a checklist. Makes it easy to remember what to install next and in what order

[wumply]

Since all the foregoing correspondence, the situation has changed. I have a new motherboard. Previously to get the standby button working, Conan and Cash_site said "download latest chipset drivers." Supastar said "download graphics drivers". Well, then the chipset drivers (after an HD format) did the trick.

Now with the standby button not working with the new mobo (installed after a format), I have these options:

From the CD that came with the new mobo I have access to a SiS (Silicon integrated systems) VGA driver for 2000/XP. I also can choose a SiS AGP driver (it does not list any OS). The AGP driver is also available for the mobo site, so if that is what I need I will get it from there.

But given my choices, do I use the VGA driver or the AGP driver? (Nothing is said about chipset drivers.) Or if one doesn't work, shall I just try the other?

[Conan]

Try the AGP driver first.

[SupaStar]

Since all the foregoing correspondence, the situation has changed. I have a new motherboard. Previously to get the standby button working, Conan and Cash_site said "download latest chipset drivers." Supastar said "download graphics drivers". Well, then the chipset drivers (after an HD format) did the trick.

Now with the standby button not working with the new mobo (installed after a format), I have these options:

From the CD that came with the new mobo I have access to a SiS (Silicon integrated systems) VGA driver for 2000/XP. I also can choose a SiS AGP driver (it does not list any OS). The AGP driver is also available for the mobo site, so if that is what I need I will get it from there.

But given my choices, do I use the VGA driver or the AGP driver? (Nothing is said about chipset drivers.) Or if one doesn't work, shall I just try the other?

I've only ever had to install graphics drivers to get my Standby working. Conan's advice is correct, you extracted the files to a hidden folder.

In future, when it prompts you for a location to unzip your files, try a location that you can easily remember (such as c:\vgadrivers for example).