I've got an old NEC M300 laptop here I'm trying to get working with Windows 7. It will boot in safe mode but not normal mode. In normal mode just after the Windows 7 logo splash screen appears it blue screens and the error says 'The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI Compliant'.
Having Googled the error it seems that some folk have had a bit of success by updating the BIOS. However, the only BIOS update I can find is in the form of an .exe file which immediately wants me to write it to a floppy disc. When you double click on the BIOS update a box pops up which says 'Select floppy to write' - no other options. I can't appear to extract the contents of the .exe file or anything. So my question is this - can I put this BIOS update onto a CDR/DVDR and make it bootable? If so, can someone explain how?
Many thanks!
Having Googled the error it seems that some folk have had a bit of success by updating the BIOS. However, the only BIOS update I can find is in the form of an .exe file which immediately wants me to write it to a floppy disc. When you double click on the BIOS update a box pops up which says 'Select floppy to write' - no other options. I can't appear to extract the contents of the .exe file or anything. So my question is this - can I put this BIOS update onto a CDR/DVDR and make it bootable? If so, can someone explain how?
Many thanks!
