"bad_pool_error" & "Your system is not fully acpi compliant get your Bios updated" errors in WinXP
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"bad_pool_error" & "Your system is not fully acpi compliant get your Bios updated" errors in WinXP
Hello again,
Well this time it not for me but for my cousin who just rang me up and said that he had replaced the power cord of his computer with a new one and since then whenever he starts windows he gets the above stated error.
I searched Google and found various other people facing the same problem and some threads suggested something called "HijackThis".
Before I could send him the email, my cousin just called me up and said he had solved the above mentioned problem. I asked how to which he replied that he uninstalled some drivers and then installed them again, and now some other error named
Quote:
Your system is not fully acpi compliant get your Bios updated
is showing up, any ideas on this one ?
I do not know anything regarding windows, any help is appreciated !
P.S.
He said when he chooses to start windows XP from the "safe mode" he immediately receives this new error.
Last edited by Aquarius_Girl; 07-30-2010 at 08:09 AM.
System is assembled, so do I have to go for the motherboard manufacturer ?
If it's a brewed system the MB manufacture would be the one to get for BIOS Update.
Boot the system normally to see if you still have errors, not safe mode. Document any messages and present here or check the M$ knowledge base.
Hi,
If it's a brewed system the MB manufacture would be the one to get for BIOS Update.
Boot the system normally to see if you still have errors, not safe mode. Document any messages and present here or check the M$ knowledge base.
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