>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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