Peter,

the closest thing to ACPI support in the BIOS is the setting is:

AC Power Recovery. . . . . . . . . .  .Off

I set it to "on" but still bluescreened.

Doyle



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>From: Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
>800
>
>Here is a possible suggestion. Check to see if your CMOS settings for power
>management have been changed. It sounds to me like your installation of XP
>is set for an ACPI (software shutdown of the computer), but the CMOS is now
>set for no ACPI support. This would give you the failure mode you are
>experiencing. This is not necessarily the cause, but could be worth
>checking.
>
>Peter
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > the bootlog indicates that the loading failed at ACPI
> > Multiprocessor PC.
> > This is a system file and I'm not sure how to proceed without
> > reinstalling.
> > Isn't this a critical file? Should I try uninstalling Service PAck 2?
> >
> > Doyle
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