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thanks, I'll try that. One side issue, why doesn't Win2000 shut down the computer like win98se did? My Win2000 requests that I manually turn off my box...am I not checking soemthing?
dancray,
most likly, it is because you followed the Doc's advice. When Win2K is installed in non-APCI mode, it can't tell the powersupply to shutdown the system. Those are the tradeoffs. I've had my box running as "Standard PC" since last august with zero problems... unless you consider having to press the power button a problem.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Dr Mordrid: And of course there is the "optimization" that has to be done when you install Win2K:
install it as "Standard PC" and with ACPI disabled in the system BIOS.
Methinks for editing this one should be on the "must do" list, at least for mainboards a few months old. Whatcha think Elie?
Dr. Mordrid</font>
OH YES, I totally agree with you Doc, ACPI could cause all kinds of grief if your motherboard is as old as mine (Asus P2B-D). Both Microsoft and Asus suggests installing Win2K as Standard MPC PC otherwise the CPU utilization jumps up and down even in idle mode.
My Asus CUSL2 seems to work fine with ACPI, but it's a newer board.
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