Vista - ACPI\PNPB02F Unknown device issue solution

I have spent way too much time trying to solve the very annoying
ACPI\PNPB02F Unknown device issue which asks me to scan the computer for a
solution everytime I boot. And this discovery process seems also to have
disabled some startup programs (a pdf "printer driver" and the antivirus tray
application).

Disabling it or deleting it is not an option (I have tried numerous ways of
doing that) as it stops my Pocket PC USB cradle from working for some reason.

Carlos, in another thread, suggested that it wasn't a sound card issue, as
others have suggested, but that it is a motherboard issue. He suggested
disabling the midi and game ports in the BIOS setup.

This solved the issue!

Based upon Carlos's tip I went to the Bios setup and disabled the
Motherboard's built-in Game Port (which I never use) and VOILA the issue was
solved and everythign works now!!!!! (The midi port was already disabled.)

Based upon other suggestions I had already tried installing a game port
driver but found that on the built-in list
of devices that can be installed manually when New Hardware isn't able to
install something, the category that included Game Ports actually didn't have
a Game Port driver available!

They apparently forgot to include a Game Port driver for ACPI\PNPB02F !

Should be pretty easy to fix on the next update.

Disable your gameport in BIOS or find the gameport drivers for your
mainboard from the manufacturer. The first is a workaround, the second is a
solution. However option 2 may not be an option yet.
"Copenhagen" <Copenhagen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E5DD7EB-60E6-4B47-A493-FEB645CDB5AA@microsoft.com...
>I have spent way too much time trying to solve the very annoying
> ACPI\PNPB02F Unknown device issue which asks me to scan the computer for a
> solution everytime I boot. And this discovery process seems also to have
> disabled some startup programs (a pdf "printer driver" and the antivirus
> tray
> application).
>
> Disabling it or deleting it is not an option (I have tried numerous ways
> of
> doing that) as it stops my Pocket PC USB cradle from working for some
> reason.
>
> Carlos, in another thread, suggested that it wasn't a sound card issue, as
> others have suggested, but that it is a motherboard issue. He suggested
> disabling the midi and game ports in the BIOS setup.
>
> This solved the issue!
>
> Based upon Carlos's tip I went to the Bios setup and disabled the
> Motherboard's built-in Game Port (which I never use) and VOILA the issue
> was
> solved and everythign works now!!!!! (The midi port was already disabled.)
>
> Based upon other suggestions I had already tried installing a game port
> driver but found that on the built-in list
> of devices that can be installed manually when New Hardware isn't able to
> install something, the category that included Game Ports actually didn't
> have
> a Game Port driver available!
>
> They apparently forgot to include a Game Port driver for ACPI\PNPB02F !
>
> Should be pretty easy to fix on the next update.
>

"Bob T." wrote:

> Disable your gameport in BIOS

That's what I did and have reported above.....

>or find the gameport drivers for your mainboard from the manufacturer. The first is a workaround, the second is a solution. However option 2 may not be an option yet.

It isn't.

The gameport driver isn't from the MObo manufacturer, but from the chipset.
I considered using the Via-4-in-1 for Xp but decided the risk was too high.

4 in 1 for XP won't work with this.
"Copenhagen" <Copenhagen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Bob T." wrote:
>
>> Disable your gameport in BIOS
>
> That's what I did and have reported above.....
>
>>or find the gameport drivers for your mainboard from the manufacturer.
>>The first is a workaround, the second is a solution. However option 2 may
>>not be an option yet.
>
> It isn't.
>
> The gameport driver isn't from the MObo manufacturer, but from the
> chipset.
> I considered using the Via-4-in-1 for Xp but decided the risk was too
> high.

I had the same head ake with my jetway V2DP ;1.3 amd; 80gigHD; 512ddr mem
I tryed every thing with no luck till I read this. Game port. I had to
update the driver with the files that came with the mother board. Of course
its not aproved by microsoft yet so you have to chouse to install it any
ways. Works fine. Thats why we are beta tester's...

"Bob T." wrote:

> 4 in 1 for XP won't work with this.
> "Copenhagen" <Copenhagen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:142CAAFF-B47F-4B12-86BD-464E1CE1BEDC@microsoft.com...
> > "Bob T." wrote:
> >
> >> Disable your gameport in BIOS
> >
> > That's what I did and have reported above.....
> >
> >>or find the gameport drivers for your mainboard from the manufacturer.
> >>The first is a workaround, the second is a solution. However option 2 may
> >>not be an option yet.
> >
> > It isn't.
> >
> > The gameport driver isn't from the MObo manufacturer, but from the
> > chipset.
> > I considered using the Via-4-in-1 for Xp but decided the risk was too
> > high.
>
>