GA8KNXP Wont PowerDown with SP2

Am I alone with this problem? When XP Pro (with SP1
slipstreamed) is installed, the PC powers down just fine, always
has. When XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed is installed the PC will
not power down, it goes to a black screen and the only way to shut
it off is to hold the power button in. In this case there are no ACPI
entries of any kind in device manager! Aha! SP2 has something that
prevents it from seeing that this board is ACPI compliant.

I've run this installation several times, always the same result. The cure
is to hit F5 when it says to hit F6, and select ACPI Multiprocessor from
the list, then Enter and hit F6 immediately if you need to load raid drivers
from a floppy, otherwise the setup will not see the SATA drive.

I've asked Gigabyte by email for a cure, no response yet.

Rev 1 board, F10 BIOS

Ouch, I have an answer from Gigabyte.tw and I don't like it:
quote: SP2 has certain Bugs, please revert back to SP1. If you wish
to use sp2 you will need to contact microsoft regarding this issue
since it works with sp1 end quote.

"MarcusMD" wrote in message
news:_3uXc.162915$Oi.129962@fed1read04...
Am I alone with this problem? When XP Pro (with SP1
slipstreamed) is installed, the PC powers down just fine, always
has. When XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed is installed the PC will
not power down, it goes to a black screen and the only way to shut
it off is to hold the power button in. In this case there are no ACPI
entries of any kind in device manager! Aha! SP2 has something that
prevents it from seeing that this board is ACPI compliant.

I've run this installation several times, always the same result. The cure
is to hit F5 when it says to hit F6, and select ACPI Multiprocessor from
the list, then Enter and hit F6 immediately if you need to load raid drivers
from a floppy, otherwise the setup will not see the SATA drive.

I've asked Gigabyte by email for a cure, no response yet.

Rev 1 board, F10 BIOS

"MarcusMD" wrote in message
news:_3uXc.162915$Oi.129962@fed1read04...
Am I alone with this problem? When XP Pro (with SP1
slipstreamed) is installed, the PC powers down just fine, always
has. When XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed is installed the PC will
not power down, it goes to a black screen and the only way to shut
it off is to hold the power button in. In this case there are no ACPI
entries of any kind in device manager! Aha! SP2 has something that
prevents it from seeing that this board is ACPI compliant.

I've run this installation several times, always the same result. The
cure
is to hit F5 when it says to hit F6, and select ACPI Multiprocessor from
the list, then Enter and hit F6 immediately if you need to load raid
drivers
from a floppy, otherwise the setup will not see the SATA drive.

I've asked Gigabyte by email for a cure, no response yet.

Rev 1 board, F10 BIOS


I have revision 2.1, no problems here.

"MarcusMD" wrote in message
news:L9uXc.163002$Oi.6960@fed1read04...
Ouch, I have an answer from Gigabyte.tw and I don't like it:
quote: SP2 has certain Bugs, please revert back to SP1. If you wish
to use sp2 you will need to contact microsoft regarding this issue
since it works with sp1 end quote.

It's BS...they are just giving you a quick answer because they don't have an
answer.

I also have revision 2.1 with no problems. Have you upgraded to BIOS FI?
"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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"MarcusMD" wrote in message
news:_3uXc.162915$Oi.129962@fed1read04...
Am I alone with this problem? When XP Pro (with SP1
slipstreamed) is installed, the PC powers down just fine, always
has. When XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed is installed the PC will
not power down, it goes to a black screen and the only way to shut
it off is to hold the power button in. In this case there are no ACPI
entries of any kind in device manager! Aha! SP2 has something that
prevents it from seeing that this board is ACPI compliant.

I've run this installation several times, always the same result. The
cure
is to hit F5 when it says to hit F6, and select ACPI Multiprocessor from
the list, then Enter and hit F6 immediately if you need to load raid
drivers
from a floppy, otherwise the setup will not see the SATA drive.

I've asked Gigabyte by email for a cure, no response yet.

Rev 1 board, F10 BIOS


I have revision 2.1, no problems here.

No, I haven't seen a BIOS F1 for the GA-8HNXP rev 1. I'll go look again.

"Rodney Hoyt" wrote in message
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I also have revision 2.1 with no problems. Have you upgraded to BIOS FI?
"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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"MarcusMD" wrote in message
news:_3uXc.162915$Oi.129962@fed1read04...
Am I alone with this problem? When XP Pro (with SP1
slipstreamed) is installed, the PC powers down just fine, always
has. When XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed is installed the PC will
not power down, it goes to a black screen and the only way to shut
it off is to hold the power button in. In this case there are no ACPI
entries of any kind in device manager! Aha! SP2 has something that
prevents it from seeing that this board is ACPI compliant.
Rev 1 board, F10 BIOS


I have revision 2.1, no problems here.

"MarcusMD" wrote in message
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No, I haven't seen a BIOS F1 for the GA-8HNXP rev 1. I'll go look again.

It's F11:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...S_GA-8KNXP.htm

Download he

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp_f11.exe

Ok, thanks, I'll try it but the only description by Gigabyte indicates that
it fixes a Celeron problem, I'm running Intel P4. I'm about 99% certain
that the problem is in Service Pack 2...fails to recognize that my board
is ACPI compliant.

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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"MarcusMD" wrote in message
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No, I haven't seen a BIOS F1 for the GA-8HNXP rev 1. I'll go look again.

It's F11:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...S_GA-8KNXP.htm

Download he

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp_f11.exe