: : You have two strikes against you, Megan. First is the notorious ALi host controller. Second is the Win2K ACPI "HAL". Let's address the second one first:

: : Look in Device Manager under "Computer". If it's ACPI, let's change it to "Standard PC":

: : 1. Reinstall Windows 2000 from within Win2K (run Setup on the CD) and (on reboot) press F5 when you see "Setup is inspecting hardware..." and select the Standard PC HAL when prompted. Continue by using the Repair > Fast Repair (no Recovery Console and no Emergency Repair Disk) method. This is the technique I recommend.

: : 2. An easier, but less sure fix is to change the driver for "Computer" in Device Manager to Standard PC and restart. Go to the Driver tab and click Update driver > Next> Display a list...> Show all...> Standard PC. Although this technique works for me, I have heard of systems that will not restart when it's used. A word to the wise...

: : Afterward, go to Control Panel > Power Options > APM and enable APM.

: : If that fails, change the driver for the ALi controller to "Standard OpenHCI USB Host Controller". You do that in Device Manager by updating the driver and searching manually.

: : Bill

: : : : Just give me the Computer type (Standard PC or Advanced Computer Power Interface) and all of the items on the same IRQ as the USB controller(s).

: : : : Bill

: : : I was able to save the pane as a text file...here it is:

: : : System Information report written at: 09/27/2002 06:49:32 PM
: : : [IRQs]

: : : IRQ Number Device
: : : 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
: : : 11 Trident Video Accelerator CyberBlade XP Ai1 v5.9030-008V.22ICD
: : : 11 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller
: : : 11 ALi Audio Accelerator WDM Driver
: : : 11 TOSHIBA Software Modem AMR
: : : 11 Intel(R) PRO/100 M Mobile Connection
: : : 11 Toshiba ToPIC100 CardBus Controller
: : : 11 Toshiba ToPIC100 CardBus Controller
: : : 14 Primary IDE Channel
: : : 15 Secondary IDE Channel
: : : 13 Numeric data processor
: : : 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
: : : 12 Logitech-compatible Mouse PS/2
: : : 8 System CMOS/real time clock
: : : 6 Standard floppy disk controller
: : : 10 SMC IrCC - Fast Infrared Port