All,
got a problem with my bios - for sometime i have been
getting the following error on my event logger:

This is the first one:
-------------------------------------------------------
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO
port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
protected address range. This could lead to system
instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical assistance.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
-------------------------------------------------------
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 04 00 05 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
-------------------------------------------------------


This is the second one:
-------------------------------------------------------
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO
port address (0xcf8), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
protected address range. This could lead to system
instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical assistance.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
-------------------------------------------------------
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
-------------------------------------------------------


Finally the third:
-------------------------------------------------------
The driver has detected that device \Device\Ide\IdePort0
has old or out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may
result.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
-------------------------------------------------------
0000: 0f 00 10 00 01 00 64 00 ......d.
0008: 00 00 00 00 1a 00 04 80 .......€
0010: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: f7 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 ÷ ......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 ........
-------------------------------------------------------



Any help anyone can provide would be most appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

CaPPsiE.

Hi, you need update your motherboard bios to the latest one as XP is not
fully supported.....
Chris
"Adam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YepVa.1397$(E-Mail Removed)...
> All,
> got a problem with my bios - for sometime i have been
> getting the following error on my event logger:
>
> This is the first one:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO
> port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
> protected address range. This could lead to system
> instability. Please contact your system vendor for
> technical assistance.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 04 00 05 c0 .......À
> 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> This is the second one:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO
> port address (0xcf8), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
> protected address range. This could lead to system
> instability. Please contact your system vendor for
> technical assistance.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 c0 .......À
> 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Finally the third:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> The driver has detected that device \Device\Ide\IdePort0
> has old or out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may
> result.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 0f 00 10 00 01 00 64 00 ......d.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 1a 00 04 80 .......€
> 0010: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: f7 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 ÷ ......
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0030: 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Any help anyone can provide would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> CaPPsiE.
>
>
>

Take a look at these two sites.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q283649
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/onnow/BIOSAML.asp

Then goto your motherboard manufacturer's website and get the latest bios
and see if it resolves this problem. If it doesn't, contact your
motherboard manufacturer and ask them to resolve this issue, citing the two
links above.

Most current motherboards, if they haven't had the issue resolved already,
have fixes forthcoming in a future bios upgrade.




--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Adam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YepVa.1397$(E-Mail Removed)...
> All,
> got a problem with my bios - for sometime i have been
> getting the following error on my event logger:
>
> This is the first one:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO
> port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
> protected address range. This could lead to system
> instability. Please contact your system vendor for
> technical assistance.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 04 00 05 c0 .......À
> 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> This is the second one:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO
> port address (0xcf8), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff
> protected address range. This could lead to system
> instability. Please contact your system vendor for
> technical assistance.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 c0 .......À
> 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Finally the third:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> The driver has detected that device \Device\Ide\IdePort0
> has old or out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may
> result.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 0000: 0f 00 10 00 01 00 64 00 ......d.
> 0008: 00 00 00 00 1a 00 04 80 .......€
> 0010: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0018: f7 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 ÷ ......
> 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> 0030: 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 ........
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Any help anyone can provide would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> CaPPsiE.
>
>
>