Force disable ACPI in Windows Vista

[elgeorge]

How can I force Windows Vista to disable ACPI at setup time? I have a notebook that may have a defective motherboard. The ACPI is no longer working and the BIOS does not have any option to disable ACPI.

 

[fowang]

then you cant diable it, but you may have the option use IDE over SATA

 

[elgeorge]

Well, in fact you can't either because the bios sucks,
NEVER buy an HP Mini 2133, this notebooks are way too defective.

 

[fowang]

are they not supposed to use XP?

 

[elgeorge]

are they not supposed to use XP?

It originally came with Windows Vista Home Basic, HP support also sucks