Symptoms:
system starts with black screen and white progress bars build across the screen then nothing.
When I got it up and running:
Checked harddrive for errors in GUI and DOS command prompt, All Good.
Looked for the acpitabl.dat file in the system32 directory and it's not there so don't worry about it.
Current problem I have with system:
CMOS battery is dying.
The following is trial and error I performed about 30 times and still no boot:
Reset time in CMOS
Tried booting in Safe Mode
Tried EVERY option after hitting F8 and still no go.
I recreated the Symptom 10 time and each time this solution worked:
Goto CMOS setup, scroll to POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP, hit Enter, look at it, Hit ESC to exit, Anwser Y to save.
And that's it!!! It should start Why I still don't know but it worked everytime for me. If it does not work for you keep trying different options cause there may be NOTHING wrong with your OS and you will be reloading and lose DATA for nothing and may have the same problem.
My BIOS is AMIBIOS with AMD Athlon Chip
If the above works for you please let me know.
Good Luck
Ernie
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