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Question posted by lhchristie on March 1st, 2012

Is There A Bios Update Or Work Around To Resolve 'acpi Not Fully Compliant'?

T3100 desktop with Windows XP SP3. Message _ACPI not fully compliant. Is there a BIOS update to resolve it?

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