> System is running fine, not sure if the underlying problems have
> been mitigated or not.   I never really used any power options
> (eg. standby, disk sleep ) just monitor sleep.

> Any other pros and cons I should be aware of?
> Any other ramification of reverting to the "standard PC" ?

> TIA for any info.

> > System is running fine, not sure if the underlying problems have
> > been mitigated or not.   I never really used any power options
> > (eg. standby, disk sleep ) just monitor sleep.

> > Any other pros and cons I should be aware of?
> > Any other ramification of reverting to the "standard PC" ?

> > TIA for any info.

>  Here's my opinion, others may feel otherwise.

>  The implementations within older coded chipsets supposedly supporting
> ACPI were generally flawed and/or limited to start with. So was the
> support within most adapters and other. Unless you had one of the few
> systems where everything supported full ACPI [completely] its usage
> generally produced, as you noted, unstable systems to lesser or greater
> extents.
>  Moreover, unless you had an actual need where you have applied a
> battery backup system or other, it wasn't all that useful [unless needed
> for resource assignment purposes, ACPI assignments are handled somewhat
> differently].

>  Using standard motherboard BOIS/PCI/support seemed to produce more
> stable systems. The qualifier was whether a notebook/laptop [useful and
> generally required] verses a desktop [not necessarily needed].

>  Your usage of monitor "sleep" does not require ACPI or APM, as that
> activity is controlled in a different fashion, nor should you use any
> BIOS supplied power settings related to that.
>  My usual settings were no ACPI and no APM, though Win9X will attempt to
> install anyway during initial setup with many boards. Those motherboards
> can be forced to use a standard BIOS/motherboard by using Device Manager
> in Safe Mode to remove all System Devices [after making sure BIOS
> settings are off] and restarting, though all PCI/ISA devices will be
> re-detected or may need re-installation of software/drivers. Make sure
> you have either copied all cabs to the Windows/Options/Cabs folder and
> associated that via the registry with modification, or your CD is
> available, *and* you have any drivers/software you might need.
>  OR, by using specific command options during initial setup.

>  Of course, that's not fully supportive of "Green" activity when these
> are disabled or not used.

> --
> MEB
> http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
> Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking
> http://peoplescounsel.org
> The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government
> ___---

>>> System is running fine, not sure if the underlying problems have
>>> been mitigated or not.   I never really used any power options
>>> (eg. standby, disk sleep ) just monitor sleep.

>>> Any other pros and cons I should be aware of?
>>> Any other ramification of reverting to the "standard PC" ?

>>> TIA for any info.

>>  Here's my opinion, others may feel otherwise.

>>  The implementations within older coded chipsets supposedly supporting
>> ACPI were generally flawed and/or limited to start with. So was the
>> support within most adapters and other. Unless you had one of the few
>> systems where everything supported full ACPI [completely] its usage
>> generally produced, as you noted, unstable systems to lesser or greater
>> extents.
>>  Moreover, unless you had an actual need where you have applied a
>> battery backup system or other, it wasn't all that useful [unless needed
>> for resource assignment purposes, ACPI assignments are handled somewhat
>> differently].

>>  Using standard motherboard BOIS/PCI/support seemed to produce more
>> stable systems. The qualifier was whether a notebook/laptop [useful and
>> generally required] verses a desktop [not necessarily needed].

>>  Your usage of monitor "sleep" does not require ACPI or APM, as that
>> activity is controlled in a different fashion, nor should you use any
>> BIOS supplied power settings related to that.
>>  My usual settings were no ACPI and no APM, though Win9X will attempt to
>> install anyway during initial setup with many boards. Those motherboards
>> can be forced to use a standard BIOS/motherboard by using Device Manager
>> in Safe Mode to remove all System Devices [after making sure BIOS
>> settings are off] and restarting, though all PCI/ISA devices will be
>> re-detected or may need re-installation of software/drivers. Make sure
>> you have either copied all cabs to the Windows/Options/Cabs folder and
>> associated that via the registry with modification, or your CD is
>> available, *and* you have any drivers/software you might need.
>>  OR, by using specific command options during initial setup.

>>  Of course, that's not fully supportive of "Green" activity when these
>> are disabled or not used.

>> --
>> MEB
>> http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
>> Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking
>> http://peoplescounsel.org
>> The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government
>> ___---
> Thanks for the info - the change was painless, I long had the \win98 install
> folder
> on the hard drive.  The reason I fudged with it after all this time is a
> problem I couldn't
> resolve in 98se, the mouse pointer would disappear at random times, followed
> by the system
> locking up.

> It's a dual boot box, 98se and Win2k.  The settings in the bios when both
> systems were installed
> were acpi=on and pnpos=no.   98se installed with ACPI, while Win2k bypassed
> it and installed
> the "standard PC".

> I just set ACPI=off and PNPOS=yes (not sure about that one) in the BIOS.
> Win2k didn't react at all to these
> changes, but 98se reinstalled all it's devices, and I had to manually
> reinstall the video driver
> to resolve a problem.  Since then 98se has not had the problem I mentioned.