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 The Law has been broken.....He who breaks the Law shall be punished - back to the House of Pain! >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 >----------------------------------------------- >The NoSpin Group >[log in to unmask] > > > -----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 > > The NOSPIN Group is now accepting donations to help > defer the costs of providing PCBUILD and our website. > Visit http://freepctech.com to donate using PAYPAL The NOSPIN Group is now accepting donations to help defer the costs of providing PCBUILD and our website. Visit http://freepctech.com to donate using PAYPAL