Hi every one,
Recently I purchased new PC,
After installing windows XP Pro SP3 I found that there is a missing button in Power option properties. The missing button is (When I press the sleep button on my computer), I can find only (When I press the power button on my computer).
My system configuration is as follow
Mother board Gigabyte EP45-UD3R Rev 1.1
My graphic card is ATI Radeon HD 5670
Windows XP SP3
RAM 4Gb Kingston DDRII
CPU Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz
It worth saying that I can shutdown, hibernate or put my PC into sleep mode, so the functions are working but only the button is missing.
I will appreciated very much if some can advise me how to restore the missing button. Is there some option in BIOS that will enable this button?
I contacted Gigabyte customer support, but they directed me to Microsoft, I also contacted ATI but they directed me to Microsoft or BIOS settings. In my BIOS I can't find any option that may affect this button. Any advise will be appreciated
Best regards
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Does the case actually have a separate Sleep Button? I suspect it's not even connected, as the motherboard manual doesn't show a connection for a Sleep Button, only a Power Button.
Windows Power Options won't list it, as it doesn't exist.
If you have a Sleep Button on the keyboard, it might not be listed in Power Options either. That would be up to the Driver software to add that option. You may have to use the software that came with the keyboard to configure the sleep button on the keyboard.
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Many thanks for your quick response.
But my keyboard has both power button and sleep button, it is my old (A4 Tech) keyboard – which equipped with many functions - and it was working fine on my old PC till I took it and installed it on my new PC, of course I installed its driver. All its functions are working fine with the exception of sleep button which I can not configure it in Power Option properties. Any suggestion will be welcomed.
Best regards
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Only thing I can see in the BIOS that might be related is under Power Management Setup.
The default setting for Power on by Keyboard is Disabled. Might see if setting that to Keyboard 98 makes a difference.
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Many thanks for your advice.
Anyhow I checked the BIOS and set Power on by Keyboard to be enabled, but this did not solve the problem. I even re installed my system using another copy of Windows XP SP2 CD which I borrowed it from a friend to test the problem. But the result stayed the same.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Dear TheOutcaste
The problem solved, I don't know how.
I installed DXSDK_Jun10.exe from Microsoft and DirectX10_RC2_Fix_3-Pre-Final ( I know this is not Microsoft release ) . But the problem stayed the same, so I quit trying and continued using my PC as it is for some days. But every now and then I checked Power Option, finally I found that the missing button appeared.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards
Re: Button of (When I press sleep button) is not available in my Power option propert
Thanks for the update and glad it's working. Just wish we knew the cause; went on vacation maybe?:4-dontkno
Hopefully it won't go on vacation again.:4-thatsba
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