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From: Tallman on 12 Jan 2008 20:44 Today I was helping a friend update the NVIDIA display and chipset drivers on his computer. I uninstalled the drivers and then ran Driver Sweeper in Safe Mode to cleanup any leftovers from the old drivers. After that the system would not reboot but started the endless failure and reboot cycle. Attempts to use the Last Known Good Configuration and Safe Mode also failed. After several reboot cycles I finally got a BSOD that read as follows: The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact your system vendor or visit http://www.hardware-pdate.com for an updated BIOS… The Stop Error at the bottom was: 0X000000A5 (0X00000011, 0X00000006, 0X00000000, OXOOOOOOOO) Does that mean the BIOS is corrupted? Should I attempt to update the BIOS? Or are there other things that need to be addressed first? Thanks! The system is running Windows XP Pro on the following components: ASUS P5N32SLI PREMIUM motherboard w/NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHZ processor 2 GB RAM 3 250GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 array EVGA NVIDIA 7950GT display adapter Creative SB Audigy4 Platinum Pro sound card
From: peter on 12 Jan 2008 21:45 I would enter the BIOS and check all settings to see that they matched the Hardware...CPU...Video etc etc etc ..........especially that SATA RAID setup peter -- DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) "Tallman" <Tallman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:84DB5ADA-3505-4F0F-B158-32E1883737AE(a)microsoft.com... > Today I was helping a friend update the NVIDIA display and chipset drivers > on > his computer. I uninstalled the drivers and then ran Driver Sweeper in > Safe > Mode to cleanup any leftovers from the old drivers. After that the system > would not reboot but started the endless failure and reboot cycle. > Attempts > to use the Last Known Good Configuration and Safe Mode also failed. After > several reboot cycles I finally got a BSOD that read as follows: > > The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact your > system vendor or visit http://www.hardware-pdate.com for an updated BIOS… > > The Stop Error at the bottom was: 0X000000A5 (0X00000011, 0X00000006, > 0X00000000, OXOOOOOOOO) > > Does that mean the BIOS is corrupted? Should I attempt to update the > BIOS? > Or are there other things that need to be addressed first? Thanks! > > The system is running Windows XP Pro on the following components: > > ASUS P5N32SLI PREMIUM motherboard w/NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset > Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHZ processor > 2 GB RAM > 3 250GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 array > EVGA NVIDIA 7950GT display adapter > Creative SB Audigy4 Platinum Pro sound card > > > > >
From: Tallman on 12 Jan 2008 22:13 I did check through the BIOS earlier and did not see anything obvioulsly amiss. It would certainly be worth another look though. I also ran chkcsk /r from the Recovery Console. It fixed at least one error but the system still will not boot. "peter" wrote: > I would enter the BIOS and check all settings to see that they matched the > Hardware...CPU...Video > etc etc etc ..........especially that SATA RAID setup > peter > > -- > DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me > offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. > If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to > me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) > > > "Tallman" <Tallman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:84DB5ADA-3505-4F0F-B158-32E1883737AE(a)microsoft.com... > > Today I was helping a friend update the NVIDIA display and chipset drivers > > on > > his computer. I uninstalled the drivers and then ran Driver Sweeper in > > Safe > > Mode to cleanup any leftovers from the old drivers. After that the system > > would not reboot but started the endless failure and reboot cycle. > > Attempts > > to use the Last Known Good Configuration and Safe Mode also failed. After > > several reboot cycles I finally got a BSOD that read as follows: > > > > The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact your > > system vendor or visit http://www.hardware-pdate.com for an updated BIOS… > > > > The Stop Error at the bottom was: 0X000000A5 (0X00000011, 0X00000006, > > 0X00000000, OXOOOOOOOO) > > > > Does that mean the BIOS is corrupted? Should I attempt to update the > > BIOS? > > Or are there other things that need to be addressed first? Thanks! > > > > The system is running Windows XP Pro on the following components: > > > > ASUS P5N32SLI PREMIUM motherboard w/NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset > > Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHZ processor > > 2 GB RAM > > 3 250GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 array > > EVGA NVIDIA 7950GT display adapter > > Creative SB Audigy4 Platinum Pro sound card > > > > > > > > > >
From: Tallman on 12 Jan 2008 23:15 I found some information on this Microsoft Help and Support page: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q314830 It says among other things: MORE INFORMATION The following information can help you debug a Stop 0x000000A5 error. The cause of the Stop message is always errors in the ACPI BIOS. There is nothing that you can fix at the level of the operating system. This Stop message can occur at other times. For example, you could receive this Stop error after you install Windows XP and later make a hardware change, such as adding a device. A computer that works properly with Microsoft Windows 98 may not work with Windows XP. Windows 98 does not necessarily use all of the ACPI functions that Windows XP uses. Windows 98 may allow workarounds that Windows XP cannot use because of its more stringent requirements "peter" wrote: > I would enter the BIOS and check all settings to see that they matched the > Hardware...CPU...Video > etc etc etc ..........especially that SATA RAID setup > peter > > -- > DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me > offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. > If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to > me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) > > > "Tallman" <Tallman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:84DB5ADA-3505-4F0F-B158-32E1883737AE(a)microsoft.com... > > Today I was helping a friend update the NVIDIA display and chipset drivers > > on > > his computer. I uninstalled the drivers and then ran Driver Sweeper in > > Safe > > Mode to cleanup any leftovers from the old drivers. After that the system > > would not reboot but started the endless failure and reboot cycle. > > Attempts > > to use the Last Known Good Configuration and Safe Mode also failed. After > > several reboot cycles I finally got a BSOD that read as follows: > > > > The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact your > > system vendor or visit http://www.hardware-pdate.com for an updated BIOS… > > > > The Stop Error at the bottom was: 0X000000A5 (0X00000011, 0X00000006, > > 0X00000000, OXOOOOOOOO) > > > > Does that mean the BIOS is corrupted? Should I attempt to update the > > BIOS? > > Or are there other things that need to be addressed first? Thanks! > > > > The system is running Windows XP Pro on the following components: > > > > ASUS P5N32SLI PREMIUM motherboard w/NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset > > Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHZ processor > > 2 GB RAM > > 3 250GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 array > > EVGA NVIDIA 7950GT display adapter > > Creative SB Audigy4 Platinum Pro sound card > > > > > > > > > >
From: Gerry on 13 Jan 2008 06:36
Tallman It sounds like Driver Sweeper has created a problem. There are other reports of this utility creating problems for others, although none refer to the BIOS. Background information on Stop Error message http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793993.aspx 0x000000A5: ACPI_BIOS_ERROR The cause of this message is always errors in the ACPI BIOS. Usually, nothing can be done at an operating system level to fix the problem. Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm I suggest you go here: http://scan.esupport.com/?r=28&CFID=1246725&CFTOKEN=46888869 -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tallman wrote: > Today I was helping a friend update the NVIDIA display and chipset > drivers on his computer. I uninstalled the drivers and then ran > Driver Sweeper in Safe Mode to cleanup any leftovers from the old > drivers. After that the system would not reboot but started the > endless failure and reboot cycle. Attempts to use the Last Known > Good Configuration and Safe Mode also failed. After several reboot > cycles I finally got a BSOD that read as follows: > > The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact > your system vendor or visit http://www.hardware-pdate.com for an > updated BIOS. > > The Stop Error at the bottom was: 0X000000A5 (0X00000011, 0X00000006, > 0X00000000, OXOOOOOOOO) > > Does that mean the BIOS is corrupted? Should I attempt to update the > BIOS? Or are there other things that need to be addressed first? > Thanks! > > The system is running Windows XP Pro on the following components: > > ASUS P5N32SLI PREMIUM motherboard w/NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset > Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHZ processor > 2 GB RAM > 3 250GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 array > EVGA NVIDIA 7950GT display adapter > Creative SB Audigy4 Platinum Pro sound card |