XP and ACPI

APM/ACPI BIOS questions
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andrem
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I am getting an event viewer error
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0xcfc),

Microsoft indicates that I should get a BIOS update.

I have

Award Modular BIOS V6.00PG
Bios ID: 12/06/2000-8363-686A-K7VZMC
Chipset: VIA 82C305 Rev 3
Bios Eval: K7VZM Ver 1.1g 12/06/200


I am unsure of what to do from here


thanks
Rainbow
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It's Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) K7VZM v1.x board. The latest BIOS for your board is "07/19/2001-8363-686-K7VZMC-00" and is available at ftp://ftp.lipetsk.ru/fido/FE/1072.SOFTW ... vzm12e.zip
(the link on ECS site http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7vzm.htm is broken)
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
andrem
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ok, I got the .bin file you posted. Sorry to sound silly, but what do I do with this file now ?

Also I looked at the problem this file fixes, it doesn't seem to talk about the ACPI fix. Do I need an AWARD bios update also ?

thanks in advance.
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Have a look at our FAQ.
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
andrem
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Ok; went through the FAQ and I think I know what to do know, my only problem is that the link to the Award Flasher V7 on this site is no active. Can someone zip and post this file for me

thanks.
a_user
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I just went to the TW ECS site was able to download the bios upgrade file. I just canceled the language download. Also if you go to the support page you will find the flash utility http://www.ecs.com.tw/support/support.htm and you need to download the 8.16a version. You might want to read thier "How to update BIOS....
andrem
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thanks. I got it now and will flash. I noticed the lastest bios update for K7VZA V3.4 fixes the error I mentioned above (ACPI errors), but K7VZA 1.2e (I have v1.1g) does not.

Does that mean I'm stuck with this error due to my mother board ?
a_user
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Hmmmm.... the orginal post was for K7ZMZ and now your talking K7ZVA.

Make sure before you update or your system may be toast@
andrem
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I meant to say

thanks. I got it now and will flash. I noticed the lastest bios update for K7VZM V3.6 fixes the error I mentioned above (ACPI errors), but K7VZM 1.2e (I have v1.1g) does not.

Anyway, I did the 1.2e flash as recommended here and the problem seems to have been resolved.

thanks for all your help.
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