For the love of jesus.

[BlueElite06]

Hah - yea this is getting out of hand, I turned the ACPI off - by pushing F7 like it says to do through Window's website.

Well now it is doing the same thing it was, only im getting a "Bad_Pool_Caller"

Stop: 0x000000c2 (0x00000007)

Wow

-Blue

 

[BlueElite06]

Hmm, I have a sort of thought, that is to load 2k, flash my bios to the oldest version (The original)...and see what happens.

I don't know why I feel that might work, my only guess is because It is saying my BIOS is not compatable with xp...Ill give this a shot, hell, at this point ill do anything.

 

[BlueElite06]

Sigh, well still no luck, im goin to work...if anyone has any ideas feel free to post em =/

-Blue

 

[mechBgon]

Looking at the BIOS revision history at Asus's support site here, if you read the release notes of all the versions since the old one, it looks like it's worthwhile to have the newest one.

Try giving it the newest BIOS, re-enable ACPI, and try installing with just one video card in there, if you're game for an experiment. What's it do then?

 

[BlueElite06]

I'll try that in a minute Mech, i just got home..

You say get the most recent? I could try that - I think first Ill try with one Gcard, then if that doesnt work, load 2k...flash bios, Reformat, load xp...and pray.

The problem with loading the Bios before I load 2k? Yea - no burner on hand ... Im sol haha.

-Blue, thanks again, ill def try that.

 

[BlueElite06]

Ok taking the GPU out - no go. so now im going to do the bios flash idea and hope for the best.

This is the most unsettling problem I have ever encountered in my life time with computers...normally I can solve problems on my own with little to no issue - this one is driving me mad...im losing sleep ><.

Mech you have been a huge help man, I just wish it was more simplistic . Hopefully I can get this thing running again.

-Blue

 

[Kougar]

Hm, you should be able to run a BIOS update off a floppy disk without having to reinstall Win2k to do it? I'd really suggest getting the most current BIOS revision and flashing it, and doing what Mech said.