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.

Please unplug all USB devices during this process.

Bill

: : Basics first please:

: : 1. Windows version? >>> Still WIN 2K
: : 2. External drive? Brand? Model? >> Correction TEAC 54X
: : 3. USB 1.1 or 2.0? >> 2.0

: ystem Information report written at: 09/26/2002 07:13:25 AM
: [System Summary]

: Item Value
: OS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
: Version 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 Build 2195
: OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
: System Name AGILENT-SYSTEM
: System Manufacturer Not Available
: System Model Not Available
: System Type X86-based PC
: Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~852 Mhz
: BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
: Windows Directory C:\WINNT
: System Directory C:\WINNT\System32
: Boot Device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
: Locale United States
: User Name AGILENT-SYSTEM\Administrator
: Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
: Total Physical Memory 261,684 KB
: Available Physical Memory 180,308 KB
: Total Virtual Memory 895,392 KB
: Available Virtual Memory 752,604 KB
: Page File Space 633,708 KB
: Page File C:\pagefile.sys

:
: Hope this helps and thanks. . .

: Garry

: : Open System Information (MSINFO32.EXE) and navigate to Hardware Resources > IRQs. Click anywhere in the right pane and then press CTRL-A and then CTRL-C. You have copied that data to the clipboard. Paste that data in a reply here.

: : Bill

: : : I ran into an odd problem. While installing software into a production system, one CD creates a problem when inserted and automounting. A USB error bos comes up and tells us we disconnected the CDROM without shutting down. The CDROM is unoperable and doesn't even show up on DEVICE MANAGER. The CD drive is IDE and will show up on reboot. The first time it happened I recognized it as a USB error message and reseated the USB cables on the motherboard and it ran. It happened again and that didn't fix the problem. We can load other software but this one disc causes the problem. Has anyone seen this? Any ideas where to start to look? Why would a CD drive on the IDE bus cause a USB error? Thanks in advance.

: : : Garry