re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at 10:21 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jeff
(1 messages posted)
I think this is an ACPI problem as described in previous posts. It is not a problem
with mup.sys.
In re to prior suggestions, I have an old Compaq with a PIII 800, not an Athlon.
It is not a WD HD. I have no USB devices plugged in. The HD scanned ok. I swapped
RAM to a different slot, no go. I disconnected CD, DVD & modem to decrease power
drain, no go. I disabled everything in BIOS one at a time, no go. I disabled mup,
no go. It now hung on the previous step (modem driver I think). Mup is loading
ok, boot is hanging on the next step, which I read elsewhere is ACPI related.
I reinstalled XP & everything worked ok, all settings were retained. When I veiwed
the error log, it was filled with an ACPI error: "AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting
to read from an illegal IO port address (0x71) which lies in the 0x70-0x71 protected
address range. This could lead to system instability." (Wry understatement). I
found MS knowledge base article # 283649 which explains this & recomends upgrading
the BIOS, which I did. Check the link at the bottom of that page for a more detailed
explanation.
In sum, I recomend reinstalling XP & upgrading the BIOS. Time will tell if this
works.
Just my 2 cents.
Jeff
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