Server 2008 Stability / ACPI errors / Rebooting /

I bought Parallels for my Mac Pro laptop, and I was really pleased with how its been running Vista Ultimate.

I purchased another 2 licenses, and I started running into problems when I'm trying to run Windows server 2008 on a mac pro tower.

I understand its "experimental" but I'd like to know if I'll be able to resolve the stability issues soon, because I need to make a decision on a development server. I'd like to use this virtual option on hardware I already own.

I decided to start a new thread as I've seen different reasons in posts for ACPI problems, from installation to using boot camp.

I'm getting random reboots with this error in the logs below.

I have all power management and screen saver options off for both operating systems.

I'm not using boot camp.

I was using version 5866 but I just noticed an update. I'm going to install it to see if it helps.

Log Name: System
Source: ACPI
Date: 9/19/2008 10:15:43 AM
Event ID: 11
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: WIN-102J8AULOE3
Description:
GPE: ACPI BIOS is trying to reference a GPE Index (11) when there are no GPE blocks defined by the BIOS. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ACPI" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49157">11</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-09-19T15:15:43.750Z" />
<EventRecordID>16654</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-102J8AULOE3</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>GPE</Data>
<Data>11</Data>
<Binary>0000000003003000000000000B0005C00000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

Log Name: System
Source: ACPI
Date: 9/19/2008 10:15:43 AM
Event ID: 5
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: WIN-102J8AULOE3
Description:
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.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ACPI" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49157">5</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-09-19T15:15:43.750Z" />
<EventRecordID>16655</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-102J8AULOE3</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>AMLI</Data>
<Data>0x70</Data>
<Data>0x70 - 0x71</Data>
<Binary>000000000400300000000000050005C00000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>



Log Name: System
Source: ACPI
Date: 9/19/2008 10:15:43 AM
Event ID: 4
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: WIN-102J8AULOE3
Description:
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.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ACPI" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49157">4</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-09-19T15:15:43.750Z" />
<EventRecordID>16656</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-102J8AULOE3</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>AMLI</Data>
<Data>0x71</Data>
<Data>0x70 - 0x71</Data>
<Binary>000000000400300000000000040005C00000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

Using build 5608 is showing as up to date ... and still encountering the above errors about every 2 hours.

I got a dev server that reboots every 2 hours .. .please help ....

 

Try to disable power management in Windows

 

This has been done. Im' assuming you mean turning off all screen savers, hard disk sleeping, hibernate options etc.

 

Bumping this ... I still don't have a solution for this.

Does anyone have a setup that runs 2008 server on Parallels desktop for MAC?
There is no option to "disable" a driver in the device manager for 2008 for the ACPI management.
I've disabled every option for screen saving, hard disk sleeping .. whatever .. on both operating systems.

Will using boot camp help with this issue?

Anyone ... Looking for sign of life on this board .. been 5 days now without meaningful help.

 

We will invite you to Parallels Desktop beta 4, please wait you will receive invitation

 

Thanks John .. I'll give anything a shot ...

 

I sent you private message in forum