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88wesam

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Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 5

[Solved]Boot hangs at acpi module loading

Hi,
My new laptop (MSI CX600) arrived yesterday, and of course the first thing I did was try to replace vista with arch. Unfortunately I ran into a problem that I can't figure out. Every time I booted from the live cd, it would hang at acpi loading. I added acpi=off to the boot options and I was able to install without any issues. Now when I boot the laptop I still get the exact same problem. I think it's possible to turn acpi off from grub, but wouldn't I be losing an important feature? I would appreciate any help.

Thanks

Last edited by 88wesam (2009-09-25 23:40:33)

hack.augusto

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2008-08-28

Posts: 124

Re: [Solved]Boot hangs at acpi module loading

it happened here too.
try to add nolapic_timer into the boot options - I have no idea why this works -

88wesam

Member

Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 5

Re: [Solved]Boot hangs at acpi module loading

Thanks for the help, that worked perfectly.  Unfortunately the laptop isn't very good.  The fan is constantly on and there are a few other issues.  I'm just going to return it.