Computer stops responding... ACPI conflict

[Steve]

Hope someone can help me here:
Recently updated from win98 to XP Pro. system stops
responding without warning. Log reports the
following: "ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an
illegal IO port address. This could lead to system
instability......."
Microsoft knowledge base article 283649 address this
problem, but gives no solution other than "this behavior
is by design" contact BIOS vendor for possible Bios
update. I have a FIC AZ11 motherboard with award Bios
Version VDA44 (V6.00pg). I can't find any info in
upgraded BIOS compatible with this particular
motherboard. Has anyone run into this problem before?
heard of it? is FA11 compatible with XP? I tried
disabling ACPI at the Bios, but that only gets me as far
as the start up screen before it stops responding. Can
anyone help please.
Steve

[Walter Clayton]

That particular message is generally not a problem. It's just a warning
message. The only to get rid of the message is to flash a newer BIOS.
Start here: http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/BIOS.asp
here: http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/faq_detail.asp?c_id=240000282
and finally: ftp://ftp.fica.com/BIOS/motherboards/socketa/

However, odds are the BIOS flash won't correct your lock ups. That's
probably more in the video card/driver area although other hardware can't be
entirely ruled out. Check for upgraded video drivers while you're at it.

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"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> Hope someone can help me here:
> Recently updated from win98 to XP Pro. system stops
> responding without warning. Log reports the
> following: "ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an
> illegal IO port address. This could lead to system
> instability......."
> Microsoft knowledge base article 283649 address this
> problem, but gives no solution other than "this behavior
> is by design" contact BIOS vendor for possible Bios
> update. I have a FIC AZ11 motherboard with award Bios
> Version VDA44 (V6.00pg). I can't find any info in
> upgraded BIOS compatible with this particular
> motherboard. Has anyone run into this problem before?
> heard of it? is FA11 compatible with XP? I tried
> disabling ACPI at the Bios, but that only gets me as far
> as the start up screen before it stops responding. Can
> anyone help please.
> Steve
>