ACPI Yes? No? Why?

[Jeff68005]

My Abit BE6-II Motherboard has a yes/no possibility for ACPI.
ACPI Yes? No?
Why do I want to enable/disable it?

It uses IRQ slot 9 which goes to my sound card too. Is that an issue? Yes? No? Why?

This is on a system that runs on Win98 full version (not SE) and XP Home Upgrade. The only power choices we make on the WIN98 are monitor:
Screensaver after 15 minutes
Monitor off after 5 hours.

Hard Drive: Off after 5 hours

Wake on mouse only.

Thank you in advance.


Every working computer must be improved .... or replaced ...

 

[Cruiser]

The ACPI features are for advanced power profiles. If you only need the simple power profiles from Windows 98, that you described in your post, I recommend you disable the ACPI features. Many people have problems with ACPI conflicting with other hardware, and it also requires some system resources, so if you don´t need it, just shut it down.

 

[Crashman]

ACPI can cause stability problems on the BX chipset.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>