Any ideas plz

saintecho01 · 06-26-2008, 07:34 PM

ill try and keep it as simple as i can,installing new graphics card 8500gt
in a packbell 2489 imedia running vista, im getting the following bsod message 0x0000000a5 acpi before vista loads, pc has 2 gb in already now if i take one out it boots fine and as soon as i but it back in bsod again,ive tried flashing bios changing memory sticks and taken everything out reseated and tried just using the min parts and nothing but a bsod,it doesnt say but is it possible that the card is pci 2.0 and i need to flash the card maybe or is the problem else where,just a note i tried the xfx 8400gt 512mb and it works fine then i tried a xfx 8600gt 512mb and had the same issues as the 8500gt is this a clue to whats going on?

thanks for any ideas

TyDeacon · 06-26-2008, 07:46 PM

Is the BIOS an ACPI BIOS or can you make it ACPI? You may need to upgrade the BIOS to run this card. As far as I can tell it may not be.

saintecho01 · 06-27-2008, 04:18 AM

it has acpi in the bios but its grayed out so i cant change it.

06-26-2008, 07:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
saintecho01 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: southampton,uk. Posts: 216 OS: vista ultimate 64/win xp	Any ideas plz ill try and keep it as simple as i can,installing new graphics card 8500gt in a packbell 2489 imedia running vista, im getting the following bsod message 0x0000000a5 acpi before vista loads, pc has 2 gb in already now if i take one out it boots fine and as soon as i but it back in bsod again,ive tried flashing bios changing memory sticks and taken everything out reseated and tried just using the min parts and nothing but a bsod,it doesnt say but is it possible that the card is pci 2.0 and i need to flash the card maybe or is the problem else where,just a note i tried the xfx 8400gt 512mb and it works fine then i tried a xfx 8600gt 512mb and had the same issues as the 8500gt is this a clue to whats going on? thanks for any ideas Last edited by saintecho01; 06-26-2008 at 07:39 PM.

06-26-2008, 07:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
TyDeacon Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287 OS: XP	Re: Any ideas plz Is the BIOS an ACPI BIOS or can you make it ACPI? You may need to upgrade the BIOS to run this card. As far as I can tell it may not be. __________________ Tyler Deacon A+ Certified Network+ Certified

06-27-2008, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
saintecho01 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: southampton,uk. Posts: 216 OS: vista ultimate 64/win xp	Re: Any ideas plz it has acpi in the bios but its grayed out so i cant change it.