Laptop BIOS problem
Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Laptop BIOS problem

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Posts
    42

    Laptop BIOS problem

    I have a fairly old laptop along with my desktop that I am on right now, and I all of a sudden started having BIOS problems with it. It is a Dell Inspiron 3800, Pentium 3 , with windows 2000 on it. Like I said, pretty old. Anyway all of a sudden the other day upon booting it up, I recieved the following blue screen error message:
    *** STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000011,0x00000007,0xF5C68800,0x100000D)
    The ACPI BIOS in this system is not fully compliant with the ACPI specification. Please read the README.TXT for possible workarounds. You can also contact your system's manufacturer for an updated BIOS, or visit http://www.hardware-update.com to see if a new BIOS is available.

    http://support.dell.com/support/down...leaseid=R57532
    The above link is the updated BIOS, but the problem is, my laptop does not have a floppy drive, and I cant boot it up without it crashing. Will I have to buy an external floppy to attach and load the BIOS, or is there a way you can load them from a CD? (it has a CD-ROM drive).
    Any ideas?

  2. #2
    Registered User hudsonsmith's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    2,276
    I think you've been hijacked. I've never seen a bsod that refers to a 3rd-party web site. Also, if windows installed properly and has been working, the ACPI status of your bios could not have changed.

    Can you boot to safe mode? How about a repair install w/ the w2k cd?

  3. #3
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Posts
    42
    Quote Originally Posted by hudsonsmith
    I think you've been hijacked. I've never seen a bsod that refers to a 3rd-party web site. Also, if windows installed properly and has been working, the ACPI status of your bios could not have changed.

    Can you boot to safe mode? How about a repair install w/ the w2k cd?
    Thats what I first thought, but like I said its really old, and misplaced since recently (I found it in my attic) and havent been able to find my old windows discs, otherwise I would have tried that.

Similar Threads

  1. Update: Bios Updates
    By TechZ in forum BIOS/Motherboard Drivers
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: September 3rd, 2004, 05:41 AM
  2. bios update problem
    By ligtu2 in forum BIOS/Motherboard Drivers
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: July 18th, 2004, 10:52 PM
  3. BIOS recovery tips (updated topic)
    By Ruslan in forum Tech-To-Tech
    Replies: 29
    Last Post: June 21st, 2004, 04:06 AM
  4. Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
    By xmlmagician in forum BIOS/Motherboard Drivers
    Replies: 18
    Last Post: April 21st, 2004, 06:59 PM
  5. Windows ME not shutting down
    By Budd in forum Tech-To-Tech
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: March 22nd, 2001, 02:59 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •