question about ACPI

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 14:07

i have a question about ACPI. whats the different between ACPI 2.0 and 3.0? in my bios i have version 1.0, 2.0, 3.0... its on 2.0 now but is it better to put it on 3.0?

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:36

anyone know about this?

Maniac618 · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:38

gareth170 said:
anyone know about this?

I wish I did but don't.

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acpi

If you're running Vista then I would recommend you set it to ACPI 3.0 because Vista (unlike XP) can actually take advantage of this.

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:16

NathanE said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acpi

If you're running Vista then I would recommend you set it to ACPI 3.0 because Vista (unlike XP) can actually take advantage of this.

thank u for this information... yes im running vista, so i will set it to ACPI 3.0

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:30

If you've already installed Vista then I don't recommend changing it. These are the types of BIOS settings that should be set before installing the OS.

If I'm too late to mention this then I hope it doesn't mess up! :eek:

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:48

NathanE said:
If you've already installed Vista then I don't recommend changing it. These are the types of BIOS settings that should be set before installing the OS.

If I'm too late to mention this then I hope it doesn't mess up!

well i've changed it to 3.0 and im still here so i guess it must have worked... lol

is there anyway of checking it within windows?

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:55

Good good. There's not really anything to "check" per se. Vista supports it so why not use it?

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:00

NathanE said:
Good good. There's not really anything to "check" per se. Vista supports it so why not use it?

ok... thanks again for the help