Hi,
I understand that it is a bios unlocking section but since there are so many expert users here I thought I better ask my question here. BTW I do have access to all the hidden sections of the bios by pressing F10 and then quickly 'A' on boot menu.
Problem I am facing is that my HP dv7-6b32us Laptop would not let me install Win XP due to ACPI.sys error during installation. Most likely bios uses a non standard ACPI table. I was wondering if there is any option in BIOS that I can switch to fix the issue. I have also read that some expert can 'fix' the ACPI table in a bios. Here is the Link to F19 bios of my HP dv7-6b32us Laptop:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp57001-57500/sp57474.exe
Now HP has a similarly configured business laptop model which does support Win-XP and has standard ACPI support. I was wondering if someone can maybe replace the ACPI tables on my laptop ( dv7-6b32us ) with one from business model (HP EliteBook 8460w). Here is the link to F26 bios of HP EliteBook 8460w:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp57501-58000/sp57643.exe
I would greatly appreciate any help and would be willing to compensate for your time.
I understand that it is a bios unlocking section but since there are so many expert users here I thought I better ask my question here. BTW I do have access to all the hidden sections of the bios by pressing F10 and then quickly 'A' on boot menu.
Problem I am facing is that my HP dv7-6b32us Laptop would not let me install Win XP due to ACPI.sys error during installation. Most likely bios uses a non standard ACPI table. I was wondering if there is any option in BIOS that I can switch to fix the issue. I have also read that some expert can 'fix' the ACPI table in a bios. Here is the Link to F19 bios of my HP dv7-6b32us Laptop:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp57001-57500/sp57474.exe
Now HP has a similarly configured business laptop model which does support Win-XP and has standard ACPI support. I was wondering if someone can maybe replace the ACPI tables on my laptop ( dv7-6b32us ) with one from business model (HP EliteBook 8460w). Here is the link to F26 bios of HP EliteBook 8460w:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp57501-58000/sp57643.exe
I would greatly appreciate any help and would be willing to compensate for your time.