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Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  If you have 2 sound cards installed in that machine it's possible that could create havoc...decide on one and uninstall the other one. Make sure it is also removed in Control Panel/System/Hardware Devices.

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Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  

"Straighten out" the BIOS, PUT it back the way it was.
When you say messed around in the bios i assume they were trying to disable onboard sound. If this is what they did it shouldnt effect the things you talk about. Can you do a system restore do you know how to do this?. Quote
Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  


Do you not have a manual for your system or motherboard? You are more likely to have it than we are! What are the specifics of the system?

Can that someone that "messed around in the BIOS"  put things back LIKE they were? Or at least tell you what they did?

If I would do a system restore, all the SETTINGS that were made for the new soundcard to work GOOD, would be undone also.
The guy who messed in the BIOS claims there's NOTHING strange he did that could cause the problem.

Guess I'll have to live without hibernation from now on.
Thanks for the suggestions.BIOS>Power>ACPI>Enable


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