Windows XP won't install ACPI

[ianpeters]

Hello!

First, I've been working with computers since the 90s so I know my way
around PCs but this is a tough one.

The laptop from Targa(an AMD Turion64, Ati Xpress 200 chipset), stopped
working and I was forced to format and repartition the harddrive. The problem
is that I can't install Windows XP or Windows 2000 with ACPI enabled.
Whenever I try to do that, it displays this behaviour: The CD boots,
installation of Windows is initialised and starts loading/probing the
drivers. It then suddenly halts to a black screen with a prompt in the upper
left corner.

BUT, if I hit F5 during the preloading of the drivers and I choose
"Standard-PC", the installation continues and allows me to install Windows.
The problem is that way ACPI doesn't work and the CPU-fan is constantly on
and no energy-saving features work correctly.
I KNOW that ACPI worked before the formatting of the harddrive so something
is wrong here.

I upgraded to the latest BIOS but that had no effect.

Is this a known issue? I must have ACPI, without it the laptop is pretty
pointless, don't you agree?

I hope you can help me, thank you in advance!

 

[ecf1967]

Hi!

I had a similar problem and found this amazing website which gave me alot
of help solving my issues....Hope it helps (scroll down the page to the
section on ACPI)


http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm

 

[ianpeters]

Unfortunately, that is no solution, I've already tried if you read my post.

 

[ecf1967]

Sorry to hear that...Yes I did happen to read your post before bothering to
answer and I realized you already described attempting something similar to
what is suggested on the website. However, that site has huge amounts of
information and links pertaining to this and similar issues, along with a few
different variations of what you described already attempting - it might take
some digging and patience but I thought it might be worth it to you if it
helped you solve your issue. Apologies.