XP on an ASUS X200m?

[gfre...@aol.com]

I was given an Asus X200M tablet without the hard drive. I did the
BIOS upgrade so it would boot the CD and tried to load WP on it. No
Joy!

I keep getting messages saying ACPI crashed and I can't get around it

I did get a message about some F6 and F7 sequence to get around ACPI
errors but the next time I booted it the messages were different and I
never saw that again
There is no reference to ACPI in the BIOS

Any ideas?

[Paul]

I would probably start with one of the OS versions
mentioned in the BIOS. It has a selector for "Windows 7" or
"Windows 8.x". Installing one of those, would be to
prove the BIOS was still "sane".

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e7F8QPVs4rM/VCaGjaX9E5I/AAAAAAAAUuM/K4sNFypvACE/s1600/20140927_103701.jpg

For WinXP, you would need to set the SATA controller to IDE instead
of AHCI, as WinXP has no AHCI driver in it. That would be
an F6 floppy driver to add (i.e. if you could find an Intel
ValleyView chipset driver, the AHCI in it would have to be
offered via WinXP F6). Or slipstreaming the WinXP installer
CD to include motherboard drivers (using NLiteOS for example).

ACPI specification does come in a number of revisions,
but there isn't usually a selector on modern systems.
On some of my older hardware, there is a BIOS control
to select ACPI V2.0. And I did have a case once, where
Win2K refused to do an ACPI install, barfing on the quality
of the ACPI implementation on one of my motherboards.
And that was probably a motherboard that even lacked ACPI 2.0.

I think there would be a relatively torturous path to
getting WinXP to run, but it's no fun unless you try.
The video chip driver is likely going to prevent a perfect
installation.

And someone reported a successful Linux installation,
apparently without too much fuss. Just a bit of monkeying
to get the screen brightness keys to work.

Paul

[gfre...@aol.com]

I think this thing is scrap to me at this point. The whole top
(display, glass and cover) is broken but the system part works. I was
hoping I could get it going as a TV driver but I am not going to buy a
copy of 7 to do it. That is more than the thing is worth.

Thanks for taking a minute to explain it to me tho.