Re: Any body know what these error messages mean?

From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 08/24/04


Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:36:10 -0500

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:22:36 -0400, Jmax wrote:

> When ever my computer boots up these three error messages are in Event
> Viewer. Anyone know what they mean?
>
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address
> (0xcf8), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could
> lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
> assistance.
>
>
>
>
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
> (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could
> lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
> assistance.
>
>
>
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address (0x70),
> which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This could lead to
> system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
> assistance.
>
>
>
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
> (0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This could
> lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
> assistance.
>
>
>
> Thanks

My older system gave me that error until a BIOS update did away with it. In
my case, the "error" was informative only as there were no problems with
the system's day to day operations. In most cases, it's safe to ignore the
message.

"ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address" error
message when you open the event viewer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=283649

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User


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