acpi non compliance stops Win XP installation

[niceboy]

hi,

my friends system had win xp installed earlier, but now when i tried re installing, it says the mobo is not acpi compliant. the mobo is a Gigabyte 915 model and when i start the pc, BIOS says the mobo is ACPI compiant and it is turned on.

any one has any idea?

(btw, i flashed the bios to latest without any use.)

nb.

[sashijoseph]

Try using the "Load Failsafe Defaults" in BIOS.

[niceboy]

I tried it already but without any use. I even tried clearing all cmos data to by removing the battery and tried. Cmos got cleared but xp failed again.

any other suggetions?

thanks sashi.

nb

[Batistabomb]

dude gigabyte is acpi compliant better try a new xp cd with service pack2

[niceboy]

hi batista, i know that gb mobo's are acpi compliant. but sorry to say that your solution too failed with the same message.

[sashijoseph]

Is there any option in the BIOS to set the ACPI version?If so set it to a low version like v1 or v2.
Else during installation try pressing F7 to bypass acpi checking.