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BIOS not ACPI Compliant (Dimension 3000)
I have a Dimension 3000. In January 2008, I had upgraded the RAM (both) from 256MB to Kingston Technologies 512MB (PC3200/2700/2100 DDR SDRAM). A few months later I got the "blue screen" error about the BIOS not being ACPI compliant, so I updated the BIOS from A02 to A03, which appears to be the latest for my desktop. Then I had no problems for a number of months.
About a month ago, I had a few days where this error recurred but it eventually rebooted and didn't return. Last night it returned and all attempts to boot successfuly into Windows (Safe Mode, Last Known, etc.) now result in the same "blue screen" about my BIOS not being ACPI Compliant - Stop 0x000000a5 (0x00010007 0x00000038 0x00000000 0x00000000). It suggests hitting F7 for storage drivers, but I have no idea what that is about.
I tried removing the Kingston RAM and putting in the original RAM but still the same error.
The only other suggestions I have seen are to replace my CMOS battery (CR-2032) since the machine is 5 years old or do a complete reinstall using the recovery partition (and lose all my data).
Anyone else have ideas here? Thanks in advance.
Davet50
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January 13th, 2009 10:00
Change the battery first. a weak battery can cause all kinds of strange things. and they are only a couple of bucks. Then back up you data(which is highly recommended always.) in the event you want to do a restore.
Anthonypjr
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September 8th, 2009 22:00
Hello,
Having these same issue... did you ever get around to fixing and if so how ?
danialbi
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November 12th, 2009 11:00
I also have exactly the same problem.
I have a 2001 Latitude CPxH500 laptop running W2000.
I have a dead battery, but removing makes no difference. Will try to replace the BIOS battery as suggested
Did anyone find a fix?
danialbi
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November 12th, 2009 12:00
It just crossed my mind that, incidentally, I began to get the message after I tried to upgrade my 2x128M RAM to 2x256M, Just like the thread originator.
I never made any system changes since 2001, so a dead CMOS Battery (after 8 years!) could really have caused the mess - Will try to replace and let you know very soon.
RoHe
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November 12th, 2009 13:00
Open Device Manager and expand the list under Computer.
Does it say ACPI PC (or maybe: ACPI Multiprocessor PC)? Is there a ! or X next to the entry?
Ron