Does anyone know of an updated bios for this MB? I have it running W2K
server as a home storage/printserver. Upon shutting down instead of
powering off it goes top a "It's okay to turn off your computer now" screen.
There is no option for APM in the power options. I have flashed it to the
latest bios on the ASUS site, Aflash.exe would not work, had to use
Pflash.exe, could this be the problem?

Allen

Allen schrieb:
>
> Does anyone know of an updated bios for this MB?

The latest one is 1010 beta 4...

> I have it running W2K
> server as a home storage/printserver.

....which should be plenty new enough for Win2k.

> Upon shutting down instead of
> powering off it goes top a "It's okay to turn off your computer now" screen.

Once you have 1010 beta 4, you'll have to do a repair installation
(choose "install Windows", then press R after you existing installation
has been detected), manually forcing the "ACPI PC" HAL. (When the "Press
F6 to install SCSI/RAID drivers" prompt appears, press F5, you can
select the HAL shortly thereafter.)

> There is no option for APM in the power options. I have flashed it to the
> latest bios on the ASUS site, Aflash.exe would not work, had to use
> Pflash.exe, could this be the problem?

No. This merely indicates that the P2L97 uses a 1 MBit Flash ROM (one of
the last Asus boards to do so) while Aflash only supports 2 MBit and
larger ROMs.

Stephan
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"Stephan Grossklass" <sgrokla-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c5n4sp$jb0$06$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Allen schrieb:
> >
> > Does anyone know of an updated bios for this MB?
>
> The latest one is 1010 beta 4...
>
> > I have it running W2K
> > server as a home storage/printserver.
>
> ...which should be plenty new enough for Win2k.
>
> > Upon shutting down instead of
> > powering off it goes top a "It's okay to turn off your computer now"
screen.
>
> Once you have 1010 beta 4, you'll have to do a repair installation
> (choose "install Windows", then press R after you existing installation
> has been detected), manually forcing the "ACPI PC" HAL. (When the "Press
> F6 to install SCSI/RAID drivers" prompt appears, press F5, you can
> select the HAL shortly thereafter.)
>
> > There is no option for APM in the power options. I have flashed it to
the
> > latest bios on the ASUS site, Aflash.exe would not work, had to use
> > Pflash.exe, could this be the problem?
>
> No. This merely indicates that the P2L97 uses a 1 MBit Flash ROM (one of
> the last Asus boards to do so) while Aflash only supports 2 MBit and
> larger ROMs.
>
> Stephan
> --
> Meine Andere Seite: http://stephan.win31.de/
> PC#6: i440BX, 1xP3-500E, 512 MiB, 18+80 GB, R9k AGP 64 MiB, 110W
> This is a SCSI-inside, Legacy-plus, TCPA-free computer
> Mail to From: not read, see homepg. | Real gelesene Mailadr. s. Homep.

Thank you Stephan! I already had the 1010 beta 4 bios installed. During the
W2K repair, after pressing F5 I got only three choices, Standard PC, AGM PC
and one other I can't remember, but none were for the ACPI PC. Anything
else I can do?

Allen

Allen schrieb:
>
> Thank you Stephan! I already had the 1010 beta 4 bios installed. During the
> W2K repair, after pressing F5 I got only three choices, Standard PC, AGM PC
> and one other I can't remember, but none were for the ACPI PC. Anything
> else I can do?

Turn back time, or rather the system date . Maybe by two years or so.
If that doesn't help, I don't know either.
(Fallback option: Try to install "Legacy APM", then power saving options
should become available and automatic shutdown should be possible.)

Stephan
--
Meine Andere Seite: http://stephan.win31.de/
PC#6: i440BX, 1xP3-500E, 512 MiB, 18+80 GB, R9k AGP 64 MiB, 110W
This is a SCSI-inside, Legacy-plus, TCPA-free computer
Mail to From: not read, see homepg. | Real gelesene Mailadr. s. Homep.

"Stephan Grossklass" <sgrokla-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c5oupb$7a5$02$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Allen schrieb:
> >
> > Thank you Stephan! I already had the 1010 beta 4 bios installed. During
the
> > W2K repair, after pressing F5 I got only three choices, Standard PC, AGM
PC
> > and one other I can't remember, but none were for the ACPI PC. Anything
> > else I can do?
>
> Turn back time, or rather the system date . Maybe by two years or so.
> If that doesn't help, I don't know either.
> (Fallback option: Try to install "Legacy APM", then power saving options
> should become available and automatic shutdown should be possible.)
>

Thanks again Stephan, I'll try that tonight and let you know.

> > If that doesn't help, I don't know either.
> > (Fallback option: Try to install "Legacy APM", then power saving options
> > should become available and automatic shutdown should be possible.)
> >
>
> Thanks again Stephan, I'll try that tonight and let you know.
>

Stephan, I already had the server installed when I updated the bios. No
matter what I tried W2K would not recoginize the acpi. Finally wound up
formatting and reinstalling, found it right away. A lot to go through but I
wanted the power off function. I really appreciate your input!

Allen