APM on P2L97 MB

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Allen

Does anyone know of an updated bios for this MB? I have it running W2K
server as a home storage/printserver. Upon shutting down instead of
powering off it goes top a "It's okay to turn off your computer now" screen.
There is no option for APM in the power options. I have flashed it to the
latest bios on the ASUS site, Aflash.exe would not work, had to use
Pflash.exe, could this be the problem?

Allen
 
Allen said:
Does anyone know of an updated bios for this MB?
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The latest one is 1010 beta 4...
I have it running W2K
server as a home storage/printserver.
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....which should be plenty new enough for Win2k.
Upon shutting down instead of
powering off it goes top a "It's okay to turn off your computer now" screen.
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Once you have 1010 beta 4, you'll have to do a repair installation
(choose "install Windows", then press R after you existing installation
has been detected), manually forcing the "ACPI PC" HAL. (When the "Press
F6 to install SCSI/RAID drivers" prompt appears, press F5, you can
select the HAL shortly thereafter.)
There is no option for APM in the power options. I have flashed it to the
latest bios on the ASUS site, Aflash.exe would not work, had to use
Pflash.exe, could this be the problem?
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No. This merely indicates that the P2L97 uses a 1 MBit Flash ROM (one of
the last Asus boards to do so) while Aflash only supports 2 MBit and
larger ROMs.

Stephan
 
Stephan Grossklass said:
The latest one is 1010 beta 4...


...which should be plenty new enough for Win2k.
screen.

Once you have 1010 beta 4, you'll have to do a repair installation
(choose "install Windows", then press R after you existing installation
has been detected), manually forcing the "ACPI PC" HAL. (When the "Press
F6 to install SCSI/RAID drivers" prompt appears, press F5, you can
select the HAL shortly thereafter.)


No. This merely indicates that the P2L97 uses a 1 MBit Flash ROM (one of
the last Asus boards to do so) while Aflash only supports 2 MBit and
larger ROMs.

Stephan
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Thank you Stephan! I already had the 1010 beta 4 bios installed. During the
W2K repair, after pressing F5 I got only three choices, Standard PC, AGM PC
and one other I can't remember, but none were for the ACPI PC. Anything
else I can do?

Allen
 
Allen said:
Thank you Stephan! I already had the 1010 beta 4 bios installed. During the
W2K repair, after pressing F5 I got only three choices, Standard PC, AGM PC
and one other I can't remember, but none were for the ACPI PC. Anything
else I can do?
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Turn back time, or rather the system date ;). Maybe by two years or so.
If that doesn't help, I don't know either.
(Fallback option: Try to install "Legacy APM", then power saving options
should become available and automatic shutdown should be possible.)

Stephan
 
Stephan Grossklass said:
Turn back time, or rather the system date ;). Maybe by two years or so.
If that doesn't help, I don't know either.
(Fallback option: Try to install "Legacy APM", then power saving options
should become available and automatic shutdown should be possible.)
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Thanks again Stephan, I'll try that tonight and let you know.
 
Thanks again Stephan, I'll try that tonight and let you know.
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Stephan, I already had the server installed when I updated the bios. No
matter what I tried W2K would not recoginize the acpi. Finally wound up
formatting and reinstalling, found it right away. A lot to go through but I
wanted the power off function. I really appreciate your input!

Allen
 
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