Installing Windows XP without ***?

[Reap]

I'm going to reinstall windows xp on my new computer but I can't remember how I install windows XP without some "ASPI" something like that....

During the install you should press some button F1-F12 and this don't install (it will only slow the system down)

Does any one know what I'm trying to remember?

 

[singh]

Do you experience problems with ACPI? If not, I recommend you leave it enabled.

 

[kursplat]

Do you experience problems with ACPI? If not, I recommend you leave it enabled.

zaxtly . were you having problems earlyer ? or some tweak site with the latest supper secret stuff ? the only time i've had a problem with it was and old (slot 1) mb .
good luck

 

[Reap]

I found it on tweakxp.com
Its not ASPI that I wan't to get rid off.
Its ACPI.

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1013.aspx

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Reap
I found it on tweakxp.com
Its not ASPI that I wan't to get rid off.
Its ACPI.

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1013.aspx

Again, WHY do you want to get rid of ACPI?

 

[Derango]

ACPI is generally pretty useful.

If you were having problems with hard locks and crashes or somthing, I could understand disabling it. Otherwise, its a nice thing to have.

 

[Smilin]

You can F5 to force a hal, or F7 (I believe) to skip ACPI. I can't stress enough how !@#$ retarded that is though.

 

[kursplat]

I can't stress enough how !@#$ retarded that is though.

looks like you stressed it just fine.

 

[lucky9]

Slow down? A cycle or so out of millions?:Q

 

[Nothinman]

ACPI does not slow the system down.

 

[skyking]

hey, hard locks and such can sometimes be traced to ACPI? A friend has a win98 install that just wedges, memtest is fine, no strange programs have been installed, could this be ACPI? You can go away for a hour or so, and come back to a totally locked condition, nothing but a hard reset works.

 

[onelin]

ACPI - ugh. I will never use it.

All you should have to do is disable it in your BIOS before you reinstall XP. If not, just make sure you're not set to automatically turn off hard drives or go into standby. No secret F1 or F12 key during installation that I know of...

 

[lucky9]

Probably is ACPI causing the need for a hard reset. I've given up on using hibernate because I have no keyboard when I get back. And I never let the system get off line. My disks and monitor can use it with no ill effects though.

 

[skyking]

Can I fix that without a reinstall, by just disabling it in the BIOS?

 

[mastertech01]

I know on some early dual Athlon boards disabling ACPI so you could more easily lock a certain IRQ to a certain slot was necessary to get certain high tech audio cards or SCSI raid controllers to work right. But on most systems I have run ACPI works incredibly well enabled with XP or 2K. IMHO

 

[Nothinman]

ACPI - ugh. I will never use it.

Then I guess you'll be using your current machine forever. Most motherboards have it has an option now but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a requirement in the future, there are already laptops that don't support regular APM any more.

Can I fix that without a reinstall, by just disabling it in the BIOS?

You can change the HAL you're using in addition to disabling it in the BIOS, but doing that gives you like a 50/50 chance of whether the machine will bootup again or not.

I know on some early dual Athlon boards disabling ACPI so you could more easily lock a certain IRQ to a certain slot was necessary to get certain high tech audio cards or SCSI raid controllers to work right. But on most systems I have run ACPI works incredibly well enabled with XP or 2K. IMHO

You mean misbehaving audio cards or RAID controllers, any card that supports PCI 1.1 fully should be able to handle IRQ sharing just fine. Too bad Creative hasn't gotten that through their heads yet.

 

[lucky9]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

ACPI - ugh. I will never use it.

Then I guess you'll be using your current machine forever. Most motherboards have it has an option now but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a requirement in the future, there are already laptops that don't support regular APM any more.

Can I fix that without a reinstall, by just disabling it in the BIOS?

You can change the HAL you're using in addition to disabling it in the BIOS, but doing that gives you like a 50/50 chance of whether the machine will bootup again or not.

I know on some early dual Athlon boards disabling ACPI so you could more easily lock a certain IRQ to a certain slot was necessary to get certain high tech audio cards or SCSI raid controllers to work right. But on most systems I have run ACPI works incredibly well enabled with XP or 2K. IMHO

You mean misbehaving audio cards or RAID controllers, any card that supports PCI 1.1 fully should be able to handle IRQ sharing just fine. Too bad Creative hasn't gotten that through their heads yet.

Amen. Creative has probs.:disgust::Q:|

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