ACPI
http://www.websters-dictionary-onlin...r/AC/ACPI.html
Might it be a failing power supply unit. Difficult one for a home user
to check.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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deadpongpunk wrote:
> I am very much a novice with respect to debugging computers, but
> hopefully someone can help me anyway. Here's my problem.
>
> I have a custom built computer that is running Windows XP, SP3.
> However, it is worth noting that this problem began when I was
> running SP2. Here are some details about my computer:
>
> Windows XP, SP3
> AMD Athlon(tm) K7 chipset
> Motherboard: Epox EP-8K7A
> BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
> BIOS Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
> SMBIOS Version 6.00 PG date 3/4/2002
> Additional BIOS info: 4.34.20.69.00
> Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
> Graphics card Driver version: 6.14.11.7519
>
> Now here is my problem. Nearly a year ago, my computer started
> crashing during a cold boot (I'd get a BSOD error). Then I would try
> to boot the computer up again, and it would boot into Windows,
> without a problem. Then if I rebooted my computer from Windows, it
> would reboot without a problem. In other words, I only experience
> this problem when I boot up the computer after it had been sitting
> for a while shut off (a cold boot).
>
> Initially, the computer would only give me a BSOD once during a cold
> boot and on the second boot attempt, go right into Windows without a
> problem. Over time, it has increased to 6 or 7 boot attempts before
> it goes into Windows.
>
> The BSOD has given me various error messages. Some of them are below:
>
> 1). PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (the most common error message)
> 2). STOP: c000021a
> 3). STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xF86BBDCE, 0xF8B6DAC8, 0xF8B6D7C4)
> ACPI.SYS - Address F86BBDCE base at F86A7000, date stamp 480252b1
> 4). STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x8056243B, 0xF5CBDBB8, 0x00000000)
> 5). MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS
>
> Also, many times the BSOD error message mentioned one of my NVIDIA
> graphics drivers as the problem. Other times it implicated the
> ACPI.SYS driver as the cause of the problem.
>
> Regardless though, once it gets into Windows and I logon, I have no
> problems and my computer runs very well for hours at a time, until I
> shut it down at night.
>
> I have downloaded and run as many diagnostic tools as I could find on
> the Internet (registry cleaners, old driver removers, temporary file
> removers, spyware/malware removers, etc.) and nothing has helped. I
> used Driver Sweeper to remove all the old NVIDIA graphics drivers and
> then updated to the most up to date driver using Safe Mode with
> Networking. I had seen that in a post mentioned to someone else as a
> problem. It did not resolve the problem. I also replaced the ACPI.sys
> driver using my XP CD in recovery mode. That did not resolve the
> problem either.
>
> I am at my wits end here. I really want to fix this computer, but
> I've tried everthing I can think of and nothing has worked.
>
> I am looking for as much input as I can get, and I am open to the
> possibility that I either have to reformat the entire hard drive, or
> buy a new computer. It would just really be a great ego booster if I
> could find out what is wrong and fix it.
>
> Thanks!
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