Power Options

I have just built my first PC, everything has gone well apart from when I shut down I get the message that "it is save to turn off your monitor" but on my other computer it automatically shuts down.

I have checked in the power options and under the advanced tab the "Power Buttons" section is missing, so I can not set the computer to shut down the PC (apart) from pressing the ON/OFF button, does any body have any idea how I can view the information.

Checked BIOS under power management and changed from "user define" to "disable" but this has no effect, the motherboard is a ASUS P5A Super7.

Paul

 

Do you have Pro or Home XP? Have you looked at this thread? Have you done a search on the board for power option problems? I came up with a bunch of hits, but this one was fresh in my mind. Post back and let us know what you figure out.

Johanna

 

Advanced Power Management usually needs to be enabled in the BIOS. Make sure that Advanced Power Management, APM, or APM-aware OS (whichever are present) are enabled. Of course, the motherboard must be able to support this feature or the ability to enable it won't be there.

If you have an APM tab in Control Panel>Power options, check "Enable Advanced Power Management support. "

 

I have looked in the Control Panel and selected APM (put a tick in the box) next time I went in the tick is removed, will not stay selected, and still no power buttons selection in the advance tab.

In the BIOS I have the following options in the "Power Management" section:

POWER MANAGEMENT:
1.User Define
2.Max Saving (alters PM Timers when selected)
3.Min Saving (alters PM Timers when selected)
4.Disable

VIDEO OFF OPTION:
1. Always on
2. All Modes = OFF
3. Susp, Stby = OFF
4. Suspend = OFF

VIDEO OFF METHOD
1. DPMS Reduce On
2. DPMS OFF
3. DPMS Suspend
4. DPMS Stand By
5. V/H Sync+Blank
6. Blank Screen

I have tried toggling the above selections but this makes no difference to the power settings in XP, do any of the above have any effect for "Advance Power Management" ?

Paul