Hello everyone, hope this is in the correct category. Recently I upgraded my RAM from 1gb to 4gb (removed the 1gb stick and installed 2x2gb). The RAM is fully compatible with my motherboard but when I try to boot to Vista I get a BSOD "the bios in this system is not fully ACPI compliant". My bios has options S1 and S3 and I have tried both with no success. BIOS fully recognizes my memory and I have ran multiple memory tests and they have all passed. I have Linux Ubuntu and it loads fine and sees all 4GB installed. I have done a lot of searching for this problem and someone recommended I remove my PCI-e Geforce 8500 card. I disabled the PCI-e in bios and used the on-board graphics and the computer boots PERFECTLY with the 4gb and runs with no problems at all but I lose my good GeForce. SO....the memory is obviously compatible. The Video card is obviously compatible because I have used it for almost a year. I have the newest version of BIOS. I can’t understand this problem. I have tried changing every setting in BIOS with no avail. For some reason the new memory and my video card are clashing? There must be a fix for this but I can’t seem to figure it out. Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. BTW here are my system specs: Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate SP1 with all updates Intel DG31PR desktop board Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 4GB Kingston 240 pin DIMM NVidia GeForce 8500 GT
Sorry about the late reply. I'm guessing theres no option to disable ACPI in the bios? Or bootup with the pci-e graphics card disabled, then in the device manager I think you should be able to disable ACPI. this link might help Desktop Boards - Troubleshooting operating system issues
Right, I am unable to disable ACPI in BIOS. I have two options S1 and S3. In the vista device manager is simply says that I am running an ACPI x64-based PC. Under system devices, there are a few mentions of ACPI but I dont think that uninstalling them would resolve the problem. What do you suggest I do?
Naw, thats for windows 2000. Im having problems with Vista. The setup screens for windows xp/2000 are different than Vista. On Vista, it does not ask "Press F6 if you need to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver" at the begining of setup like XP and 2k does. Thanks for the input anyways guys, anyone else have an idea?
its not one of those lame attempts by M$ to prevent people pirating their rotting-dog-in-the-sun of an OS series. you know, if you change your hardware and try to do a fresh install of a legit copy of windows you have to reactivate with some dozy tool at a call centre, as with XP.
