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This problem may cause a slightly increased drain of battery power.

Note The increased power consumption is small and may not be noticeable to a typical user.

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Note This problem may also occur if you modify a registry key to disable HIPM. This article does not address the scenario in which HIPM is disabled by using a registry key.

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To enable this hotfix, you must manually enable DIPM in the registry.

Note Do not apply this registry change if the hard disk does not support DIPM. Unexpected problems may occur if you apply this registry change and the hard disk does not support DIPM. Contact the manufacturer of the hard disk for more information about how to determine whether the hard disk supports DIPM.For information about how to contact the manufacturer of the hard disk, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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To manually enable DIPM, add a registry entry named DipmEnabled, if one does not already exist. If the registry entry exists, you must give it a value of 1. To add or modify the DipmEnabled registry entry, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start , type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit.exe in the Programs list. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
2.	Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services msahci Controller0
3.	If the DipmEnabled entry already exists, right-click DipmEnabled, click Modify, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK. If the DipmEnabled entry is not listed, follow these steps: a. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. b. Type DipmEnabled for the name of the entry, and then press ENTER. c. Right-click DipmEnabled, click Modify, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
4.	Exit Registry Editor.

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Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Vista, x86-based versions

Windows Vista, 64-bit versions

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For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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