ACPI requirement

[Eric]

Hello, I've tried to install Vista. First I had to buy a DVD rom. Then setup
told me that it needs half a giga memory and 256MB were not enough for setup
(I would accept a slow system). After buying that too and running setup
again, it tells me that setup cannot continue because the BIOS is not ACPI
compatible. In the official requirements of Vista I haven't read anything
about this requirement. Can this check be turned off in setup somehow? I
haven't found a switch for this, but I know that this was possible in XP
setup. I would accept that power management doesn't work 100% then. I cannot
buy a new motherboard and new BIOS software is not available.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

There's no bypassing the check. If your motherboard does not meet current
standards and the BIOS cannot be upgraded, then you cannot (and would not
want to) install Vista on this system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Eric]

Why? As far as I know is ACPI used only for power management. I don't need
anything like this. Why can't Windows run without this?

Eric

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Eric,

ACPI is much more than just the power management you are thinking of (the S*
power states, sleep, hibernation, etc.). This open-standard defines how the
operating system interacts with the hardware components in the system at a
low level. Vista uses the most recent standard (3.0a or b, I believe), and a
BIOS that is not compliant with this standard will not be able to interface
to Vista's hardware instructions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org