[ACPI Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) v1.5 Public Beta]

[Description]
If you are running in ACPI mode under Windows 98 or Windows Millennium, you can use HCTBETA.EXE to run the ACPI HCT on the system.

This tool will check your BIOS for ACPI Specification compliance.  If an error is found, this may explain why certain systems are having issues with Power Management features.


[Use]
Please visit http://microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow/download/hctbeta.txt to view the instructions on how to use this tool.  


[Additional Tools and Resources]

For additional tools to help test your ACPI system go to 
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow.  
Links to the latest specifications, white papers, resources, and more can all be 
found from this web site.  

To get the latest HCT and other tools for ACPI, visit 
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/acpihct.htm


[Reference Documents]

ACPI Specification v 1.0b 
* http://www.teleport.com/~acpi
* http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/acpihtml/home.htm

PCI Specification 2.1
* http://www.pcisig.com/

PC 99 System Design Guide
* http://microsoft.com/hwdev/pc99.htm
* ISBN 0-7356-0518-1

