Thanks for the ideas, gents. I reckon I'm knackered until I get some sort of response form Acer, they've had a support call logged for a few days now with no response so I'm just going to shift supplier. Their laptops have been getting on me nerves for a while now anyhow, you should see the size of the PSUs...
Thanks agaain, Kev -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick J. LoPresti Sent: 09 September 2004 21:50 To: Kevin Latimer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] ACPI problems "Kevin Latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > More a Windows XP question than an Unattended specific one, but I > really am hoping someone has overcome this before 'cos I really am > stuc. This sounds nasty. You might try asking on one of Microsoft's forums. > We've been using Acer notebooks for a while and they recently changed > their range to include the ATi IGP9000 over the old intel 865M (or > whatever it was) and they just won't accept my Unattended installation > I've been using for months. I get to the "installing drivers" bit of > the GUI mode installer and I'm BSODed with an 0xA5 ACPI NOT SUPPORTED > error. Clearly it's got to be something to do with either the IGP or > the updated Phoenix BIOS that supports it. That seems likely. The actual error is "ACPI_BIOS_ERROR" and you can read about it at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCCodes_88b7f 4db-e17c-44c4-ac53-73fc37945efc.xml.asp That page also tells you how to interpret the parameters on the blue screen. (Not that this is likely to help.) > If I just use Acers preloaded XP (a sysprep job) then I get an ACPI > Uniprocessor PC HAL. So Acer gives you a recovery CD, but it is nothing like a normal installation CD? That stinks. Maybe they are doing something like Intel does with their "chipset software". See: ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/7484/ENG/readme.txt Search for "$$". Basically, Intel has you copy some stuff to $OEM$\$$\INF in addition to setting up the OemPnPDriversPath. Maybe the ATI chipset drivers can work similarly? I don't know. - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
