W2K Installation and disabling ACPI question
Hi,
I've read that if you press the F7 key during the first blue screen of W2k installation it will disable ACPI, so you can manually configure you IRQ's. I used to press the F6 key to install a third part RAID controller... can I just press both keys? what should I do?
Regards, KODE.
nForce2 Ultra
Winbond BH-5
260MHz FSB 2-2-2-7
Vdimm 3.7V
Vtt 1.72V
Vdd: 2.2V
If you mod your bios you also can make the ACPI enable / disable function accessible.
Also using APIC mode will give you aprox 24 IRQ´s.
JPP
Mobo:ABIT KD7-R Rev. 1.2 Bios CY / XP2600+ (AXDA2600DKV3d AIUHB 02 46 UPBW)@2431 (FSB 202 x 12 1.95 V ) V mem 3.05 V. / Memsticks: 1 x 528 MB DDR Corsair XMS 3500 C2 / CPU Heatsink: Thermalright SP97 (heatpipe) YS Tech fan adjustable. PSU: Enermax EG451 P-VE / Case: Yeong Yang diy moded. incl 4YS.Tech fans./ Videocard: Gainward GTS2 Pro 450 GS ( 64MB/4,5 ns). / Monitor: Iiyama Vision Master Pro 452.Harddrives: 2 IBM 120 GXP 60 GB for raid 0 add 1 x IBM DTLA 307030./ Speakers: EDIROL MA 10D / CDR: TEAC 540. / CDRW: Aopen 20x10x40
Actually the number of IRQ's is dependent on the HAL you run.
using an acpi HAL that supports apic you get 24 but they can also still share IRQ's at times.
Running the MPS uni or mulitiprocessor HAL gives 128 IRQ's and should not share IRQ's at all.
Tex
<EMBED src="http://www.dnpdynamic.com/shorty/sigs/texbase.swf?UN=texbase" wmode=transparent quality=high bgcolor=#ffffff WIDTH=492 HEIGHT=198 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
They said I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote