the problem and my workaround. An older system running Windows XP Pro was installed with the standard pc HAL, and going to ACPI is not an option (though the bios is supposedly ACPI compliant...) The BIOS was updated and there are no chipset drivers/...

Floppy Disk Controller (ACPI\*PNP0700\0) 22:06:49 1.94 INITCOMPLETE = AVGCORE 22:06:45 1.50 Initing esdi_506.pdr 22:06:44 1.39 Initing esdi_506.pdr 22:06:41 0.83 Starting PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port (ACPI\*PNP0F13\0) 22:07:43 0.72...

amdk8.sys</DRIVER></DEVICE> - <DEVICE><DESCRIPTION>ACPI Fixed Feature Button</DESCRIPTION><HARDWAREID>ACPI\FixedButton</HARDWAREID></DEVICE> - <DEVICE><DESCRIPTION>Programmable interrupt controller</DESCRIPTION><HARDWAREID>ACPI...

and they work, although some versions had ACPI problems, BIOS, USB and possibly SATA issues. One of them has been running Linux for 5-6 years. GL :) I had an A7n8X deluxe. The problem that I had with it was its incredibly **** ACPI implementation. It was...

33MHz Multiplier: 1/3x < LPC Hub Controller 1 > Model: Intel Corporation 82801BA (ICH2) LPC Interface Controller ACPI PM Enabled: Yes...

11:31:22 1.28 INITCOMPLETE = AVGCORE 11:31:24 5.17 InitDone = TSRQuery (time estimated) 11:31:29 9.56 Enumerated Standard Floppy Disk Controller (ACPI\*PNP0700\0) 11:31:39 16.06 Enumerated Microsoft Kernel Audio Mixer ...

in Win2K/WinXP. It rarely has anything to do with the BIOS, unless there is some kind of interference with the APIC controller and/or ACPI power management. The reason you have never been able to fix this kind of problem is because your assessment of...

site concerning a TI PCI-14xx cardbus controller and ACPI: We are sorry to inform you that we have noticed that some of the PCMCIA card does not work o Evo 1020v model. The reason for this is the TI4410 combined Cardbus controller and the 1394 controller....

Loading PNP drivers of SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio (PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2415&SUBSYS_01DE1014&REV_02\BUS_00&DEV_1F& 12:23:10 10.33 InitDone = TSRQuery (time estimated) 12:23:21 0.33 Enumerating Standard Floppy Disk Controller (ACPI\*PNP0700\0)...

mobo there was no probs with HDD's or CD\DVD RW's. I have tried to disable everything on the mobo so the only thing that's active out of the optional BIOS settings are IDE controllers, ACPI, and AGP. As a final nosey question - how come 16bit windows dont...