Should ACPI and PnP be ON?

[Pat]

Got a motherboard using Intel 440BX chipset with Celeron 1.4GHz.

The BIOS allows Power Management (ACPI or APM) to be turned Off and also the
Plug and Play can be turned off. I have heard that XP works better with both
being OFF.

[David Denmark]

Pat wrote:
> The BIOS allows Power Management (ACPI or APM) to be turned Off and
> also the Plug and Play can be turned off. I have heard that XP works
> better with both being OFF.

Depends on the chipset you are using and how solid the drivers for your
components are. I remember disabling ACPI and PnP back when XP was just
released, due to the fragility that certain drivers had running on XP. Now
that XP has been out for a bit longer, I wouldn't make any general
assumptions that XP runs better with our without ACPI & PNP. I guess it's
all up to how you feel your system should run, or you have run into a
particular compatibility problem running those.


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David Denmark
MS-MVP (Media Center)

[Hans-Georg Michna]

"Pat" > wrote:

>Got a motherboard using Intel 440BX chipset with Celeron 1.4GHz.
>
>The BIOS allows Power Management (ACPI or APM) to be turned Off and also the
>Plug and Play can be turned off. I have heard that XP works better with both
>being OFF.

Pat,

to give you a second opinion, I agree with David.

Primarily you want them both on, because they perform useful
services. Short of any good reason to do otherwise, keep them
on.

Hans-Georg

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[Pat]

Ok, I'll leave them both ON!


"Hans-Georg Michna" > wrote in message
...
> "Pat" > wrote:
>
> >Got a motherboard using Intel 440BX chipset with Celeron 1.4GHz.
> >
> >The BIOS allows Power Management (ACPI or APM) to be turned Off and also
the
> >Plug and Play can be turned off. I have heard that XP works better with
both
> >being OFF.
>
> Pat,
>
> to give you a second opinion, I agree with David.
>
> Primarily you want them both on, because they perform useful
> services. Short of any good reason to do otherwise, keep them
> on.
>
> Hans-Georg
>
> --
> No mail, please.