Re: APM oops in 2.1.127

Thomas Molina (tmolina@probe.net)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:07:05 -0600 (EST)


Interesting. Power down works in Win 95 (I hate to have to say that!).
That would imply Win95 switches to Real Mode before powering down.

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au wrote:

> > General Protection Fault: f000
> > EIP 0050: [<00008abb>]
> > Suggestions anyone?
>
> You have a broken BIOS! For some reason it is referencing (real mode)
> segment f000. It obviously expect to be in real mode (as opposed to
> protected mode) when asked to power down. Try talking to your
> supplier or either you motherboard, or BIOS.

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