Issues with MSI EC ACPI

I've been having issues with the MSI VR705 ACPI functionality.

The chipset is an MCP79 and has an embedded controller that puts this out at boot:
BIOS-e820: 00000000cffa0000 - 00000000cffae000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000cffae000 - 00000000cfff0000 (ACPI NVS)
ACPI: RSDP 000FA450, 0014 (r0 MSI_NB)
ACPI: RSDT CFFA0000, 004C (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: FACP CFFA0200, 0084 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: DSDT CFFA0680, 9247 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 10 INTL
20051117)
ACPI: FACS CFFAE000, 0040
ACPI: APIC CFFA0390, 0080 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: MCFG CFFA0410, 003C (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: SLIC CFFA0450, 0176 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: WDRT CFFA05D0, 0047 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: ECDT CFFA0620, 0055 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: OEMB CFFAE040, 0078 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: HPET CFFAA680, 0038 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: NVHD CFFAE0C0, 0284 (r1 010909 NVHDCP 1092009 MSFT
97)
ACPI: SSDT CFFAEC50, 04F0 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 INTL 20051117)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x82] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x83] disabled)
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 14 global_irq 14 high edge)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 15 global_irq 15 high edge)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ14 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ15 used by override.
ACPI: HPET id: 0x10de8201 base: 0xfed00000
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
ACPI: Core revision 20080926
ACPI: bus type pci registered
ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
PCI: MCFG area at fc000000 reserved in ACPI motherboard resources
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x10, I/O: command/status = 0x62, data = 0x66
ACPI: EC: driver started in poll mode
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.IXVE._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P8._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P9._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P6._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P7._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN0A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN0B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN0C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN0D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN1A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN1B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN1C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN1D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN2A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN2B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN2C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN2D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN3A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN3B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN3C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN3D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN4A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN4B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN4C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN4D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN5A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN5B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN5C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN5D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN6A] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN6B] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN6C] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN6D] (IRQs 16 17 18 19) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB0] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *9
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *15
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [SGRU] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *14
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *7
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPMU] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSA0] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LATA] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [UB11] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [UB12] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP0] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP1] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP2] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP3] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP4] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP5] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *9
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP6] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *15
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP3] enabled at IRQ 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP4] enabled at IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP5] enabled at IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LRP6] enabled at IRQ 20
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.ADP1._PSR] (Node f7039c98), AE_TIME ACPI Exception (ac-0135): AE_TIME, Error reading AC Adapter state [20080926]
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.LID0._LID] (Node f703c608), AE_TIME
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: SSDT CFFAE420, 01FA (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 INTL 20051117)
ACPI: SSDT CFFAE6B0, 0594 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 INTL 20051117)
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3]) processor ACPI_CPU:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Processor [P001] (supports 8 throttling states)
ACPI: SSDT CFFAE350, 00CC (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 INTL 20051117)
ACPI: SSDT CFFAE620, 0085 (r1 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 1092009 INTL 20051117)
ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3]) processor ACPI_CPU:01: registered as cooling_device1
ACPI: Processor [P002] (supports 8 throttling states)
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME ACPI Error (uteval-0232): Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node f703c734), AE_TIME
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.THRM._TMP] (Node f703c5b8), AE_TIME
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN4A] enabled at IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSA0] enabled at IRQ 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] enabled at IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB0] enabled at IRQ 21
HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN5A] enabled at IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [SGRU] enabled at IRQ 23
ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction

Can anyone offer help? Do I need to post an ACPIdump? If so how would I do that?

-Steven
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