In XP is it better to set ACPI to On or use Standard PC?
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Also what about "PNP OS" in the bios
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Jan 9
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Depends on the motherboard bios and the hardware involved. Generally if the hardware is unknown then Non-ACPI is best. That's the experience that I have had anyway. Less problems encountered.
PNP OS has no effect on windows NT/2000/XP.
PNP OS has no effect on windows NT/2000/XP.
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I have an Epox 8K7A
Man, never tried to set it to StandardPC (at bootup I assume, I forgot what's the F key to get there). Do you have probs in ACPI?
If you search the Microsoft Knowledge Base on "PnP OS" in the BIOS under Windows 2000 you'll find a result telling you basically:
"MS Recommends PnP OS is set to 'No' for Windows 2000 installations"
I can only assume that as Win2k & WinXP share so much of the code/base that the same would be true under both OS's.
"MS Recommends PnP OS is set to 'No' for Windows 2000 installations"
I can only assume that as Win2k & WinXP share so much of the code/base that the same would be true under both OS's.
