Yes, ACPI works fine unless you have some older/low quality hardware that's not designed for it.
IIRC, the only way to disable ACPI is to disable it in your BIOS and then __REINSTALL 2K/XP__ Even if you remove/uninstall from device manager, it isn't really gone. There's an F8 startup option with win2k install that lets you install as a standard PC. Please note that if you do disable ACPI you'll get some obnoxious side effects. Among other things, your computer will no longer power down on its own when you select shutdown. You'll get the "It's now safe to turn off your machine" message and be forced to do it manually. Personally I'd try to resolve it hardware-wise. ACPI isn't a new and buggy standard - it's established and works fine. My hardware isn't state of the art by any definition. I have a 3com PCI NIC and a GeForce 2 MX. If you're getting crashes with ACPI while running an ISA NIC and SCSI card, well let's just say you shouldn't be blaming ACPI :) david -----Original Message----- From: [DRP]Avatar-X [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] OT - Pertains to coding in a way :\ I've got 8 devices on one IRQ, and my system is not unstable in any way. I leave it running for weeks at a time without restarting, and I never shut it off. As you can see: http://www.thesillyzone.com/device.gif my video card and TV card are on the same IRQ. However, I can play HL in a window with the TV in a window on top of HL, WHILE USING my network cards for networking, WHILE USING my sound card for sound, WHILE USING the Maxtor card to control my hard drives. Wow! 5 devices in use at the same time, all on the same IRQ, with uber-stableness. IRQ's arent the issue here. -av Deepak Manglani wrote: > Any tips as to how to disable ACPI? > discovered I've got 5 devices on the same IRQ > > thanx, > dpac. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roachfood - the-coming.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:19 AM > Subject: [hlcoders] OT - Pertains to coding in a way :\ > > > Sorry about the off topic but I found something out about my system > tonight > > that really pisses me off. Ive been having problems with my video and > sound > > card while running my mod on 2k, and I went to my sound card site to try > and > > figure out why. I go to the faq and the first thing on there is "Disable > > ACPI". > > > > I dont know if some of you know about this (im sure you do) but ACPI is a > > power saving thing that newer systems have and win2k and winxp default to > if > > its enabled on yer motherboard. Basically it assigns as many devices to 1 > > IRQ that it can, and it can cause lockups and crashes. (I have 6 on IRQ > 11) > > I am fixing to have to reinstall win2k to get rid of it and dont want you > > guys to go through the same thing. > > > > If you have win2k or XP go to device manager and double click on Computer > > and if it says something like in wtf2.jpg then you have it enabled. It > can > > cause a lot of problems cause its really meant for servers and stuff, not > > gaming machines. Again sorry for the off topic but I thought my mod was > > crashing for ages cause it was incompatible with win2k even though it > works > > perfectly on 98. So check for this. It can be satan! SATAN! > > > > www.the-coming.com/wtf.jpg > > www.the-coming.com/wtf2.jpg > > > > Roachie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders -- --------- [DRP]Avatar-X SillyZone Homepage: www.thesillyzone.com SillyZone Forums: forum.thesillyzone.com My Homepage: www.cyberwyre.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
