XP Install Problem - BIOS is not fully ACPI Compliant?

[Ohaya]

Hello,

I had to install a new motherboard in my daughter's PC this weekend, an
Asus A7V8X-X, using a Duron 850 CPU we had in her previous motherboard
which went bad.

When I install XP Pro, I am getting a "STOP Error" saying that the "BIOS
is not fully ACPI compliant".

I've read the info on the error display about pressing F7, and was
wondering what the downside of doing that would be?

Also, I think (not sure, this whole day has been filled with this PC :()
I tried that F7 once, and I got another, different STOP error.

So far, I've also run a complete standalone memory test using DocMemory
from Simmtester.com, and I've also downloaded and flashed the BIOS to
the latest (Asus 1008), and set the BIOS to default settings.

Is anyone familiar with this problem, and in particular with it and Asus
motherboards? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,
Jim

[Roman K]

Looks lik eyour PC has old BIOS chip dated before January 2000 therefore it
causing a problem to install your Xp PRo.

Check www.pitstop.com -- XP readiness for your machine -- it gives you some
ideas about your hardware compatibility with Win Xp.

[Ohaya]

"Roman K" > wrote in message
...
> Looks lik eyour PC has old BIOS chip dated before January 2000 therefore
it
> causing a problem to install your Xp PRo.
>
> Check www.pitstop.com -- XP readiness for your machine -- it gives you
some
> ideas about your hardware compatibility with Win Xp.
>
>

Roman,

As I indicated in my post, I just got this board today, and download/flashed
BIOS to latest (which was dated sometime in 2003).

That link you posted is to a car racing website?

[Ohaya]

"Ohaya" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Roman K" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Looks lik eyour PC has old BIOS chip dated before January 2000 therefore
> it
> > causing a problem to install your Xp PRo.
> >
> > Check www.pitstop.com -- XP readiness for your machine -- it gives you
> some
> > ideas about your hardware compatibility with Win Xp.
> >
> >
>
> Roman,
>
> As I indicated in my post, I just got this board today, and
download/flashed
> BIOS to latest (which was dated sometime in 2003).
>
> That link you posted is to a car racing website?
>
>

Hi,

It looks like I may've gotten this working, and so far, it appears that the
problem may have been a BIOS-memory speed setting error.

The Asus BIOS defaults to setting memory speed by reading the SPD area of
the RAM. I have some cheapo Centon PC2700, so I suppose the BIOS read that
as PC2700/DDR333.

I set the BIOS to 233 instead of the default "by SPD", and BINGO, the
install looks like it is going through.

For the record, the problems that I was seeing were:

- Corrupt files on installation
- Stop errors, including the BIOS/ACPI Compliant error
- Other Stop errors

Those problems all seem to be gone now...

So far :)...

[Alex Nichol]

Ohaya wrote:

>I had to install a new motherboard in my daughter's PC this weekend, an
>Asus A7V8X-X, using a Duron 850 CPU we had in her previous motherboard
>which went bad.
>
>When I install XP Pro, I am getting a "STOP Error" saying that the "BIOS
>is not fully ACPI compliant".
>
>I've read the info on the error display about pressing F7, and was
>wondering what the downside of doing that would be?

Very little on a Desktop computer. It will install APM rather than
ACPI, and you will need to go into Control Panel - Power Options - APMI
and check the Enable APM box to get power off at shutdown. Other than
that, it will not support standby mode, but you really only need that on
a laptop.


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Roman K]

Oh, I am sorry ... it was amistake .. the correct link is:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/

and here i sthe direct lisnk for XP ready test ...
http://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp

Sorry...
regards,
Roman