Re: ACPI BIOS Error

From: buzzLiteYear (wwexp1@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/13/02 

From: "buzzLiteYear" <wwexp1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:34:40 +0200

Just for your information, XP comes with ACPI and
non-ACPI installations.

Since your current OS version is installed with ACPI,
if you disable ACPI in BIOS, windows will not boot.

If you decide to stay with non-ACPI, leave it disabled
in BIOS, and re-install the non-ACPI version of XP.

"Help Toddy" <mrsgenlord@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:15c8e01c229f5$9016e0e0$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> My desktop computer keeps freezing and I notice that this
> error is repeatedly in the Event Log (under System). I've
> been advised already to disable all the power management in
> the Power Management settings in Windows XP; and I've done
> that.
>
> MS suggests to upgrade the BIOS for your MB. I've done
> that.
>
> I have also been advised to disable ACPI in the BIOS. I
> have done that, but when it's disabled in the BIOS, Windows
> won't load. It gets to the white progress bar across the
> bottom of the screen and that's it....nothing else, no
> error, no cursor, everything's frozen.
>
> Please help. Thank you in advance.

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