>>It was likely an issue with the ACPI BIOS; the newer ACPI interpreter is
>>a bit more forgiving (which makes the battery methods works on, e.g.,
>>the Ferrari 4000 out of the box)
>>  
>>
>
>Can you explain what does this mean?


The Ferrari 4000 BIOS AML code references an undefined variable Z00I;
this reference was treated as a fatal error by the Intel interpreter
but not MS-Windows.  It now returns some standard value and no
longer gives a fatal error (-1 or NULL or some such).

Casper


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