Windows XP professional ACPI error

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Windows XP professional ACPI error

When installing Windows XP professional,i get a BSOD.The STOP code is A5 and the parameter 1 ends with a 3.According to microsoft,

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/314830

"This error is defined as "ACPI failed must succeed method." This error occurs if ACPI cannot build a control method to reference the ACPI namespace. Other arguments for this error reference the ACPI object that was being run and the name of the control method. One greatly simplified explanation (which might not be completely accurate) is that the system cannot find a way to get to the ACPI tables that define the Plug and Play and Power Management capabilities of the system."

Thats what the BSOD means.I have SATA drivers.I have partition setup and everything.When pressing f5 AND f7,it leads me to a type scren.There are 3 options,APCI uniproceseser,APCImultiprocesser and Other.

MacBook Pro, Windows 8

Posted on Oct 17, 2015 1:03 PM

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Loner T

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Oct 17, 2015 1:08 PM in response to ilovemac

If your question is what to choose, use Acpi multi- processor.

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ilovemac Author

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Oct 17, 2015 1:20 PM in response to Loner T

will try that

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ilovemac Author

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Oct 17, 2015 1:35 PM in response to ilovemac

didnt work. still generated that error

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Loner T

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Oct 17, 2015 6:47 PM in response to ilovemac

1. What year/model is your Mac?

2. Are you using BC Assistant to install WXP?

3. Can you run the following two procedures and try again?

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

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ilovemac Author

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Oct 17, 2015 7:10 PM in response to Loner T

Macbook 9,2

Boot Camp Assistant: no.Have Linux ONLY on my mac.Have Hybrid MBR setup for windows

Tried BOTH.On 1 try the bsod didnt show,so those have affect,but I needed to do them at the same time

for it to work.I have System Recovery for a Mac OS X terminal or emergency OSX install

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Oct 17, 2015 7:15 PM in response to ilovemac

This is the Boot Camp forum. Boot Camp Assistant is used to install Windows on an Apple computer running OSx. If you want help running Windows on a computer running Linux you may want to try a Linux or Windows forum.

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Loner T

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Oct 17, 2015 7:46 PM in response to ilovemac

ilovemac wrote:

Macbook 9,2

I assume it is a MacbookPro 9,2 (2012 13-in MBP - How to identify MacBook Pro models - Apple Support ).

Boot Camp Assistant: no.Have Linux ONLY on my mac.Have Hybrid MBR setup for windows

Tried BOTH.On 1 try the bsod didnt show,so those have affect,but I needed to do them at the same time

for it to work.I have System Recovery for a Mac OS X terminal or emergency OSX install

1. From Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support, you can see 2012 Mac has no support for XP.

2. ACPI has several versions and the version supported by XP (v2.0/3.0) is fairly old and unsupported in a 2012 Mac.

3. I have an ACPI-compliant W7 and W8.1 running on a 2012 MBP.

4. If you have removed Apple EFI firmware from the Mac, there is no CSM-BIOS, even if you have created a MBR, it will not work.

Is there a specific reason for XP? If you really need it, and do not need hardware access, used a Virtualization engine. You should consider W7 as the minimum version for your Mac. Even if you can manage to install a hobbled version of XP, the next hurdle will be drivers for Apple hardware, which are from BC 3.

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Oct 18, 2015 2:35 AM in response to Loner T

I have the firmware.Just not the Mac OS X Operating System.

NORMAL 32 bit xp can run,so why cant this?

Trying to run 64 bit windows.

By the way,it could be a lack of drivers and when i did the SMC and PRAM without booting into linux and it worked.

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Loner T

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Oct 18, 2015 5:37 AM in response to ilovemac

ilovemac wrote:

NORMAL 32 bit xp can run,so why cant this? Trying to run 64 bit windows.

64-bit XP is different from 32-bit versions. As a test, install W7 and verify compatibility with ACPI versions.

By the way,it could be a lack of drivers and when i did the SMC and PRAM without booting into linux and it worked.

You are contradicting yourself. The same driver(s) are in place before and after SMC and NVRAM Reset. If booting Linux causes problems, then the ACPI versions mismatch between what the Mac can support and what Linux wants. Linux ignores such issues, while XP does not. As mentioned, try W7.

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Oct 18, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Loner T

ACPI works with Windows 7 and 8.I am installing Windows XP x64 so i can UPGRADE to windows 7. On my mac,MS-DOS can boot up from a USB,can run WordPerfect 5 with slowdos and Windows 3.1 works,too (no mouse or keyboard support in 3.1).So it can run old operating systems.Windows XP x64 has only 2 pc types,ACPI multiprocesser and ACPI uniprocesser,so I cant disable ACPI.When I did SMC and NVRAM reset at the same time,one after another,the error didnt show up but it hanged.

Look at this line:

"One greatly simplified explanation (which might not be completely accurate) is that the system cannot find a way to get to the ACPI tables that define the Plug and Play and Power Management capabilities of the system."

so maybe we could start there.

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Loner T

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Oct 18, 2015 3:51 PM in response to ilovemac

ilovemac wrote:

ACPI works with Windows 7 and 8.I am installing Windows XP x64 so i can UPGRADE to windows 7.

Your problem is much simpler then. Install WXP 64-bit, with a non-working ACPI, which is a minor irritant. Upgrade to W7 with the non-working ACPI. Once you are on W7, remove the old ACPI drivers, and instal W7 ACPI drivers. You should have a working W7 with ACPI. Will that solve your ACPI-specific issue?

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Oct 18, 2015 4:27 PM in response to Loner T

i CANT use anything other than ACPI

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Loner T

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Oct 18, 2015 4:45 PM in response to ilovemac

ilovemac wrote:

i CANT use anything other than ACPI

Can you boot Windows XP 64-bit on your Mac? Can you install WXP 64-bit on your Mac? If you see this during the installation, use the SMC/NVRAM Reset which seems to be working, and try to install WXP. Test with ACPI UniProcessor.

What bootable version of OS X do you currently have?

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Oct 18, 2015 5:03 PM in response to Loner T

i can BOOT windows xp x64 from a USB.I can not INSTALL windows XP x64.

I am going to try some more.Its getting late so after this and no progress i will try tomorrow maybe.

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Oct 20, 2015 5:53 PM in response to ilovemac

I got that "didn't crash but hanged" moment again. i did NVRAM FIRST do it more than once then go to the Linux Boot loader i have.Shut it down and then reset SMC. That usually how it works.Any tips.It is very hard to duplicate the process.I will solve the hanging issue later.

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