Comment Dealing 
with Windows's Advanced Power Management (APM):


Here are two ways to fix the persistant problem in XP and 2000 of the system going 
to standby on a whim and not of your choosing:

One way is if you already have the OS installed, go to your device manager and Expand 
Computer. It should say Advanced Configuration And Power Interface (ACPI) PC. Right 
click that, and Properties. Under driver tab, click update driver, next, click display 
a list yada yada, next, Click show all hardware in this class, Under standard computer 
mfg's choose standard PC, next, then yes yes whatever. 

If the OS isnt installed, and you're installing it, as soon as you enter into the 
setup, it will say at the bottom of the blue screen, "Press F6 to install Raid or 
Scsi" or something like that, when it says that press F5. It will continue to load 
all those devices but when done it will ask you the type of computer you want. It 
only shows a list of two, but there are more in the list, all you need to do is arrow 
your way up or down to find Standard PC then select it and go on like normal. That 
will disable ACPI from the beginning. ACPI will still have its own IRQ, but it wont 
be automatically assigning IRQ's to everything. it will sort of be just there and 
not do anything. 

This worked for me on an XP Home platform.

This solution was forwarded to me from a co-worker so I will not take credit for 
it.

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