attempt the restore point. Go back to before you renamed ASACPI.SYS to ASACPI.BAK.
After you restore, we should get your ASACPI.SYS issue fixed using the method in post #4 before doing any further steps.
Go to the link in post #4. You will find the software update for ASACPI.SYS in utilities (not BIOS utilities, just utilities) and it is the first link under Utilities to download that software.
Ok, looks like I'm stuck waiting the prompt went away when I wasn't looking and now says the operation cannot be cancelled...should I just reboot again and try the restore?
And thank you ever so much for your patience and guidance!
Don't reboot. Let the cycle finish. If you reboot at this point, you could do more damage and not be able to rectify the situation. Do startup repair two more times if necessary. Hopefully it will fix it.
If after three startup repair attempts (this may take a few hours to a couple days, by the way) you still are unable to boot, use the method in post #9 to try to start.
I'm sorry things keep happening faster than I can type on the iPad. I have now successfully restored to a time before renaming the AScpi thing, I will now attempt to download and update to a more current version.
Ok, got the newer version installed,
should I now uninstall the drivers for the GPU or just leave it be (they are the current ones), update the DirectX and test it that way?
mmmm....
Ok, got OCCT installed, and going, and now I'm seeing something rather disturbing: GPU temps with only google chrome open are hovering around 77 degrees Celsius. This seems excessive. Like way too high. I will try to clean it out and see if it helps.
OCCT sometimes over exerts the GPUs and causes the temperature to get a bit too high. I prefer to use/suggest FurMark: VGA Stress Test, Graphics Card and GPU Stability Test, Burn-in Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net to test the graphics card GPU. Then use the |MG| Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116 Download to test your graphics card memory.
That's just it. Occt wasnt running a test. The card was idling at those temps. That leads me to think I may have to clean the insides of it
Oh, yeah, that is really high for idle. May be a dust issue as you suspect.
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