re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Monday, April 18, 2005 at 10:33 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by marciasz
(1 messages posted)
Hi!
I'm Hungarian, and don't speak English very well, but i need help! I have this problem
my computer. Compaq 800 MHz .... . The BIOS upgrade was help to you? Where did you
download the right BIOS version, and how upgrade the BIOS? I want if you help me!
Send e-mail my private e-mail, please! I waiting for your message! Thank you very
much! Bye! Marci
On Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at 10:21 pm, Jeff wrote:
>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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