Re: Windows server 2003 service pack 1 problems

"Laurent Kempe",

I want to help. You can get through part of the boot, and then it fails.
Your fact pattern I have copied here to see if it is accurate:

1. Booting in safe mode ends with the same effect.
2. When I boot in safe mode, I can see that the last thing that is loaded is
acpitabl.dat
3. So I went to the BIOS and configured the BIOS with the setting saying
that the OS is not ACPI.
4. Now, when I reboot, I get the DOS progress bar before the W2K3 booting
logo and it locks up at the end of the progress bar.

The logic above allows for one possible avenue:
You configured the BIOS, but did you try to go back in under Safe mode?
Does that still not work?

Please reply back and let us know. I'll be happy to help further.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

"Laurent Kempé" <laurent.kempe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:72b61837732648c70a53e8309ad0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Kishor,
>
> I guessed it was that, the issue is that I have the most uptodate bios on
> my server and it is dated 2002, so I guess ecs will not make any update.
>
> Best Regards,
> ---
> Laurent Kempé - lkempe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tech Head Brothers - http://www.TechHeadBrothers.com
> Blog - http://weblogs.asp.net/lkempe
> [Microsoft ASP.NET MVP]
>
>
>
>> Hello Laurent,
>> We have found the solution and my server is up and running now.
>> It is the BIOS who is responsible for this error.
>> Please update your server's BIOS with latest available and restart
>> server,
>> it should work.
>> Regards.
>> "Laurent Kempé" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Kishor,
>>>
>>> I am currently facing the same issue, as you can read on my blog:
>>> http://weblogs.asp.net/lkempe/archive/2005/04/04/397084.aspx
>>> "Issue with my W2k3 server after SP1 installation
>>> The server is booting till the w2k3 boot screen then it resets and
>>> reboot
>>> in a loop.
>>> Booting in safe mode ends with the same effect. When I boot in safe
>>> mode
>>> I can see that the last thing that is loaded is acpitabl.dat
>>> So I went to the BIOS and configured the BIOS with setting saying
>>> that the
>>> OS is not ACPI. Now when I reboot I get the DOS progress bar before
>>> the W2K3
>>> booting logo and it locks at the end of the progress bar.
>>> I would really appreciate some help. Thanks."
>>>
>>> I also booted with the option do not reboot on system failure and I
>>> get this
>>> error message:
>>> "STOP: c0000021a Fatal System Error
>>> The Non-Dll file included in KnowDLL list. System process terminated
>>> unexpectedly
>>> with a status of 0xc00036f
>>> The system has been shut down"
>>> Did you find something to solve that problem ?
>>>
>>> Anyone can help us, please.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> ---
>>> Laurent Kempé - lkempe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Tech Head Brothers - http://www.TechHeadBrothers.com
>>> Blog - http://weblogs.asp.net/lkempe
>>> [Microsoft ASP.NET MVP]
>>>> Thanks peter.
>>>> No I am not able to open in safe mode too.
>>>> I tried searching this file in working servers (without service
>>>> pack1)
>>>> but
>>>> no file like acpi*.dat was found.
>>>> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>>>>> Are you capable to open in Safe Mode. acpitabl.dat does not
>>>>> belong to Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> Please reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others.
>>>>> "Kishor Yadav" <KishorYadav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:111F7B49-E9FA-49FC-8378-8BF04DCB129C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I am using IBM HS20 blade server and installed windows server 2003
>>>>>> std.
>>>>>> edition, terminal services, citrix metaframe xp fr3.
>>>>>> I tried installing service pack 1 on my server, it went successful
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> asked
>>>>>> me to restart the server.
>>>>>> After I gave restart command, it doesn't come up and hanged during
>>>>>> initial
>>>>>> booting and hanged at acpitabl.dat. even i am not able to boot it
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> safe
>>>>>> mode.
>>>>>> Kindly help me, my server has crashed and i m in big trouble.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>> Kishor Yadav.
>
>


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