Bios is not ACPI Compliant Stop Error

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T.B.

i am getting a blue screen during boot up on a Dell Inspiron 2650 running
WIN XP Home. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the Windows
Updates I performed. I can't get into Safe Mode, and LKC did not work
either. Still going to the blue screen with the error:

Stop: 0x000000A5 A problem has been detected...Bios is not ACPI
compliant... Please visit www.hardwareupdate.com...

The big problem is that I can't get the system to boot to CD either. I have
flashed the BIOS to A13 per Dell's support site and changed the boot
sequence to CDROM 1st but it won't boot into XP, thus I cannot do a repair
or access the recovery console etc.

What else can I do here? What are my options?

thanks in advance

TB
 
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WTC

Were you having problems before you flashed your BIOS. If not, why would you
do this. A general rule with the BIOS is, if you are not having problems DO
NOT flash the BIOS.

A bad BIOS flash could mean no more posting of the computer which means a
non-working motherboard.
 
T

T.B.

yes i was having problems. the blue screen problem that I posted about. i
flashed the bios after the problem originally occurred. I didn't just flash
it out of the clear blue sky if that's what you were inferring.

TB
 
T

T.B.

i couldn't find any ACPI settings in the Bios. anyone know where they are
in A13?

i also searched Dell's Forums for possible solutions and found a couple of
things, but nothing that worked.

TB
 

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