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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with ACPI
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Marc UBM Bocklet wrote:

> If I try to use ACPI on my Tyan Thunder X, I get
>
> acpi0: <AMIINT > on motherboard
>     ACPI-0168: *** Error: Could not transition to ACPI mode.
> acpi0: Could not enable ACPI: AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE
> device_probe_and_attach: acpi0 attach returned 6

This is certainly a BIOS problem; try upgrading the BIOS. if you're on the
most recent, its probably fatally braindamaged, or a very early
implementation. Not much we can do for you other than booting without
ACPI.

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