Microsoft KB Archive/896900

= The computer stops responding during Text mode Setup if you try to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 896900

Article Last Modified on 3/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)

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SYMPTOMS
If you try to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the computer stops responding (hang). This symptom occurs during the early part of Text mode Setup, and immediately after the following message disappears:

Press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR)



CAUSE
This problem may occur because of a bug check error in HalpFindACPIT that occurs early in the startup process. The error occurs because Setup incorrectly calculates the number of pages that are spanned by the ACPI differentiated system description table (DSDT). In an ACPI BIOS, the DSDT contains the Differentiated Definition Block. This block supplies the implementation and configuration information about the base computer system. The operating system always inserts the DSDT information into the ACPI Namespace at system boot time, and never removes the DSDT information.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Hotfix information
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Create a shared resource to distribute Windows Server 2003. Replace the existing files on the shared resource with the files that are included in this hotfix. For more information about how to integrate software updates into the Windows installation source files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

828930 How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files



Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.  Date        Time   Version            Size    File name --  06-May-2005  03:01  5.2.3790.2439     116,736  Halaacpi.dll 06-May-2005 03:01  5.2.3790.2439      82,944  Halacpi.dll 06-May-2005 03:01  5.2.3790.2439     118,272  Halmacpi.dll 06-May-2005 03:02                    298,096  Setupldr.bin 06-May-2005 03:02  5.2.3790.2439     278,016  Setupldr.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: Hal HALACPI

Keywords: kbwinserv2003presp2fix kbbug kbfix kbwinserv2003presp1fix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB896900

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