After all your help: no APM :(

APM/ACPI BIOS questions
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Hi guys,

Its been some time, and I can tell you guys I really did read all of the documents posted about the acpi and apm problem.
I have posten my problem before in great extent and will keep it short this time :)

My computer is ACPI complient, but Windows XP doesnt like it and crashes my computer occasionally with the well known errors. I then decided to follow up all your advice and reinstall with the Hall for 'standard pc'. I did so with good results. My computer runs now and it doesnt crash under XP. However I don;t have an APM tab under power options. Since this is a notebook it would be nice to have one. The documents I read suggest I should enable power management in the bios, but I disabled it because of your suggestions.

What do I have to do to make the APM tab show up in Win XP? Should I enable it in the bios anyway?
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ajzchips
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If it's like Win2K, then you'll have to select "Display hidden items" in the Device Manager. Look for "Legacy APM".
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I dont think thats it. Can't find that in the device manager anywhere. Could be something similar though, but I cant find anything in the device manager.
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I found what you're referring to... 'Nt APM/Legacy Interface Node'. Unfortuntely, I didnt find it on my laptop. This would be the reason why the tab isn't there?
Can I manually add that device?
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ajzchips
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That's exactly it.
Funny though that your laptop will only provide ACPI power management, with no option to activate APM.

Don't you perhaps have two entries, like:
ACPI enabled/disabled
Power management by APM enabled/disabled
??

(or similar).

Have you tried a "Detect New Hardware", just in case it's there but mysteriously undetected the first time?
(note: don't manually add it if Windows can't detect it on its own; you may end up with a non-bootable OS)
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I did indeed do a scan for new hardware but nothing showed up. There are no devices present which say anything about power management, apm, or acpi.
I went out on a limb and installed it manually but windows just has a yellow exclamation mark and it doest work. (Desvice could not be started).
I then turned on the power management in the bios. That didnt help either. :((
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