VISTA installation load failure - BIOS is not ACPI compatible

> may be acpi compat, but did you turn it on in the bios. check the manual.
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> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
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> "GoldRunner" <GoldRunner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C83147B8-D121-48BB-AD5B-D0EDBDDE49B3@microsoft.com...
> Hi, i tried to install Windows VISTA Beta 2, on my home PC, but immediatly
> after booting from intallation DVD, just after installation environment
> loaded it's files i got the following error message:
>
> Info: "Windows failed to load because the firmware (BIOS) is not ACPI
> compatible"
> Status: 0xc0000225
>
> I have checked characteristics of my motherboard (it was produced in 2001,
> but i'm sure that it supports ACPI) - here it's specification, which approves
> ACPI compatible.
>
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/ch...eries/p4x266a/
>
> Anyone got the same problem? Could you please specify what certainly is not
> supported by my motherboard and advise some solving of the problem? May be
> BIOS reflash would help or my computer is absolutely not compatible with
> VISTA?
>
> Thanks for any help!

> may be acpi compat, but did you turn it on in the bios. check the manual.
>
>
>
> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>
>
>
> "GoldRunner" <GoldRunner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C83147B8-D121-48BB-AD5B-D0EDBDDE49B3@microsoft.com...
> Hi, i tried to install Windows VISTA Beta 2, on my home PC, but immediatly
> after booting from intallation DVD, just after installation environment
> loaded it's files i got the following error message:
>
> Info: "Windows failed to load because the firmware (BIOS) is not ACPI
> compatible"
> Status: 0xc0000225
>
> I have checked characteristics of my motherboard (it was produced in 2001,
> but i'm sure that it supports ACPI) - here it's specification, which approves
> ACPI compatible.
>
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/ch...eries/p4x266a/
>
> Anyone got the same problem? Could you please specify what certainly is not
> supported by my motherboard and advise some solving of the problem? May be
> BIOS reflash would help or my computer is absolutely not compatible with
> VISTA?
>
> Thanks for any help!

> Hi, thank you for help! I fixed this issue - the problem was really in BIOS
> option: just ACPI was turned off in BIOS... i truned it on and installation
> started! :-)
>
> "mikeyhsd" wrote:
>

> > may be acpi compat, but did you turn it on in the bios. check the manual.
> >
> >
> >
> > mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "GoldRunner" <GoldRunner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C83147B8-D121-48BB-AD5B-D0EDBDDE49B3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, i tried to install Windows VISTA Beta 2, on my home PC, but immediatly
> > after booting from intallation DVD, just after installation environment
> > loaded it's files i got the following error message:
> >
> > Info: "Windows failed to load because the firmware (BIOS) is not ACPI
> > compatible"
> > Status: 0xc0000225
> >
> > I have checked characteristics of my motherboard (it was produced in 2001,
> > but i'm sure that it supports ACPI) - here it's specification, which approves
> > ACPI compatible.
> >
> > http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/ch...eries/p4x266a/
> >
> > Anyone got the same problem? Could you please specify what certainly is not
> > supported by my motherboard and advise some solving of the problem? May be
> > BIOS reflash would help or my computer is absolutely not compatible with
> > VISTA?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!