Hi bill,
Try to install Vista using the information in my post 'Clean Install Windows
Vista Using Upgrade Media', also in this newsgroup (dated 9/21/2007), to see
if that solves your problem.
Dwarf
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-5eb74dcf2be7
"billdagoalie" wrote:
> Tried to install Vista to a brand new system I just put together. Since I
> bought the upgrade I had to load XP first. tried to upgrade and it says ACPI
> non compliant. Asked the Mach Speed and was informed that the problem has to
> do with the DVD disc and there is a patch that has to be put on a disk with
> the copy of Vista.
> Obviously, have to make another disk from original, but does anyone know
> where to find that patch?????????????