Whether or not you thought you needed drivers in XP ... you did. :-)

I don't think a BIOS upgrade would do the trick since it worked in XP. I
think you just may need to wait for a driver/chipset update and that should
solve the dodgy issues you're seeing.

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"marco" <marcop@iinetdotnet.au> wrote in message
news:1213B2E6-33CD-4866-9F9F-BE8AFEB52353@microsoft.com...
> It works pretty well, awakens from both standby and hibernation without
> problems others have reported here - just not perfectly - but no drivers
> yet. Or should it be a BIOS upgrade to be compatible with Vista? I didn't
> need drivers with XP. It's early days and it's a minor problem.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:%233jDu4UPHHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Standby modes won't work well - or at all - if your motherboard or
>> chipset drivers are either not present or not updated. Check with your
>> motherboard manufacturer for updated drivers.
>>
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>> "marco" <marcop@iinetdotnet.au> wrote in message
>> news:D7FD443D-11B8-4386-BCE4-70DDC36D3CBE@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there a way of shutting down some or all the fans when the system is
>>> in
>>> standby? I used to have this working in Win XP using the S3 power state.
>>> The powercfg reports that only the (S3) Hibernate hybrid sleep state is
>>> available. I've had a look in the advanced power options but can find
>>> nothing there which might help me.
>>>
>>> The motherboard is an ASUS P5AD2 Deluxe and I have S3 enable in the bios
>>
>>
>