Vista install problem

[Tom Tessier]

I'm a friends and family vista beta tester. I received my disk a week or
so ago, thank you.

I can't install it on my laptop. I will call MS tomorrow but thought I'd
bug it here in case someone here can help. The details are as follows:

If installed from Windows XP as an upgrade, it gets to "Collecting Info"
then a window setup window pops up and says "Setup encountered an
internal error and cannot continue".

If I boot from the DVD, it starts to load and then I get a blue screen
as follows:

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop
error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again,
follow these steps: The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant.
Please contact your system vendor for an updated bios.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000011, 0x00000007, 0xFFD0D010, 0x0100000E)"

I have the latest BIOS Ver 1.9 dated April 2005.. It's a Toshiba
M30X-S221TD. I bought it new in September 2005. Intel Celeron M
1.3GigHz, 512M RAM, and a 40 gig HD with 17 gig free hard drive space.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Noah Body]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Microsoft! The notebook issue is a
huge problem right now. The last post I read about this issue on MSDN
was that they had over 20 unofficial models/brands of notebooks that
failed the ACPI test. These are notebooks that range in age from just
a few weeks to over 3 years old.

My Gateway Notebook (18 months old) also has the ACPI issue.

What gets me is that XP, different flavors of Linux, and OS X all work
just fine, yet, Vista is the one that complains. Its hard for me not
to point the figer at Microsoft and say "ACPI Compliant? No, I think
its you."

 

[Tom Tessier]

I called MS tech support. They indicate it's a hardware problem and not
a software problem and recommended I contact Toshiba. I don't think
Toshiba is going to want to help me. LOL

Tom

 

[Jens Mander]

What gets me is that XP, different flavors of Linux, and OS X all work
just fine, yet, Vista is the one that complains.

You got OS X running on a standard non-Macintosh Notebook? How?

 

[Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)]

It can be done... ;o)

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[Noah Body]

Actually, you just boot a modified DVD and install it along side
Windows/Linux.

Start here:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page