hi...im trying to istall window 7 on aspire 1700, i have latest bios
but when i install it says its not acpi compilent....i have read i can
turn off thr acpi mode in bios settings but i cant see it
anywhere....thanks for any help

gram wrote on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:05 -0700 (PDT):
> hi...im trying to istall window 7 on aspire 1700, i have latest bios
> but when i install it says its not acpi compilent....i have read i can
> turn off thr acpi mode in bios settings but i cant see it
> anywhere....thanks for any help

Scroll down to the "The Role of the F5 Key and Shutdown Problems" part.
Even though it talks about Windows XP, it should also apply to Microsoft
Windows 7.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_in...windows_xp.htm

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

On 24 Oct, 22:15, BillW50 <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> gram wrote on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:05 -0700 (PDT):
>
> > hi...im trying to istall window 7 on aspire 1700, i have latest bios
> > but when i install it says its not acpi compilent....i have read i can
> > turn off thr acpi mode in bios settings but i cant see it
> > anywhere....thanks for any help
>
> Scroll down to the "The Role of the F5 Key and Shutdown Problems" part.
> Even though it talks about Windows XP, it should also apply to Microsoft
> Windows 7.
>
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_in...windows_xp.htm
>
> --
> Bill
> Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
> Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

thanks for reply i will try it,,,thanks