acpi / apm in xp pro?

[xdroorsx]

i'm having a problem here. i've read on multiple occasions that disabling acpi in xp pro will substantially raise my highpoint raid controller's performance. the only problem is that when i disable acpi, i have no option under "power options" for apm. that means that when i try shutting down, i get the "it is now safe to shut down this p.o.s. OS" screen :D any ideas on how i lost apm, how to get it back, or what new os to get?? [kidding..] tia

[Jon]

Noticed that in XP as well. You can still use that option without ACPI in Win2K though...very odd.

[Yodums]

Did you try looking in Display Properties, Screen Saver, Power and then Advanced?

Check APM. ACPI should be located in your bios...

Yodums

[xdroorsx]

yah, i gave that a shot... no option for APM to be found. beats me :confused:

[turd]

ive seen this often and so have started looking into it/learning. this is a link i have found that seems to have a good bit of info and is recent/updated. if something works, or other info is found will u please post? my guess is that xp sp 1 is coming out within the next few months. but who knows ?

http://66.39.115.252/a/shtdwnxpz.htm