Why is standby option grayed out

To be absolutely sure you can try installing this: G chipset drivers LINK Install, reboot, then install this: G Graphics driver LINK After another reboot, if Windows 7 doesn't allow you to use Standby then it's a safe bet the integrated graphics doesn't support it. The unusual thing is that standby worked flawlessly in XP In that case, Windows 7 probably just needs you to install the proper driver.

However I don't even see drivers for G and Vista, let alone W7, I'm afraid you might be out of luck. If you want to use sleep mode that badly in W7, then installing a cheap, discerete video card and the appropriate drivers might do the trick.

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The problem lies in the motherboard chip set. If not, then you will not be able to utilize the standby feature.

This should be a rare problem as most computers have these features. If the above tips have not fixed your problem there could be something else amiss with your computer. Your peripherals keyboard and mouse may have mucked things up. If you believe that this is your problem, simply connect the original keyboard and mouse and see if the situation has been fixed. If all else fails and you still are having this problem, you will need to contact some kind of support.

Call your manufacturer, send them an e-mail; just get in contact with them. They will have more information and ideas that are specific to your computer that you should try. I looked in the Bios and everything seems to be fine. The Standby mode option is still grayed out. Is there anyone else that can help me out on this.

Thanks in advance for any help. Joined Jul 1, Messages 2, I found this in another forum: "There is a way to restore the Standby option in the Shutdown window. Your Floppy Disk Controller will be reinstalled and you will have the Standby option back.

Yeah, I know, what does the Floppy Disk Controller have to do with it? I can't really answer that one but can tell you this is the fix from MS. Windows will remove that option if it experiences errors recovering from Standby twice.

A window usually pops up asking if it's OK to remove. The laptop battery can cause this, so can having less than 64mb of memory. Hey Miz, I tried what you told me but the standby option is still greyed out. I have over 64 MB of ram and also this is a desktop that I am having the problem on. Are there any other suggestions? Hey Miz, I think it took a while but I got the stand by button finally. Thanks for you help. HI, Please post how you managed it as it might help somebody in the future.

I did what Miz told me to do. This is what he said: There is a way to restore the Standby option in the Shutdown window.

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