Error message at set up/ACPI Compliant

[Guest]

Bought Vista today and at start of install process, it says my pc is non ACPI
compliant. I've called the guy who built my PC and who is MCSE certified,
and he said it most definitely is ACPI compliant. Can anyone help me with
this?

Hugs
Heidi x

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

What motherboard, processor, and memory was used?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick

I've got an ASRock K7S41GX motherboard and I've got 1.5gb of RAM. I'm
figuring its my motherboard? My PC guru said he's installed Vista on
machines with older motherboards than mine or even one's that just say they
are XP only etc.

Just frustrated.

hugs
Heidi

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It's not just age of the hardware that matters, it has to be fully compliant
with the most recent standards. It likely was when it was built, but may no
longer be. Asrock does not list that board as being one of their
Vista-capable models, nor do they list any BIOS updates to make it so.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Johan Arwidmark]

Check for a BIOS setting that says ACPI Enabled/Disabled or similar...

Regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup / Deployment