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More info?)
You do NOT have a Prescott CPU so you are safe!The problem appears to be
with the L1/L2 cache of the Prescott PC on i863/i875 motherboards only.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"Len" <len207@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just one to add to the statistics... I have an i865 chipset on my system
> and have not had the referenced problem with SP2. The MB is an ASUS
> P4P800 Dlx with 2.4c Ghz CPU and one gig of DDR RAM.
>
> For whatever it is worth...
> Len
>
> "Cari (MS MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
> news:OUd8tEzhEHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> If the upgrade fails at the logo screen and booting into SafeMode shows
>> the AGP440.sys file, then the KB article is not relevant.
>>
>> Do you have an i865 or i875 Intel chipset motherboard with a Prescott
>> CPU? If so, please let me know exact details - (email address is at my
>> website below my sig.)
>>
>> Temporarily disable L1/L2 cacheing inthe BIOS, boot up and uninstall SP2
>> or use System Restore to go back to before you installed SP2.
>>
>> You're not the only one waiting for someone to work this out, but we can
>> live without SP2 while the problem exists. Yes, me too!
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>> www.coribright.com
>>
>>
>> "ExRoadie" <ExRoadie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:820E688A-32F0-48AD-89D6-2ACD0F141B03@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm running a single SATA drive in a Shuttle SB61G2 system. I have run
>>> into
>>> the agp440.sys error that others are complaining about. I have completed
>>> a
>>> clean install with a PATA drive then update to SP2 with no problems.
>>>
>>> As soon as I reboot after a clean install then update to SP2 using the
>>> SATA
>>> drive it hangs at agp440.sys. I have searched constantly for the last
>>> week
>>> and haven't found a solution that works. I've tried the "disable agp440"
>>> solution offered by the Knowledge Base but that was effective.
>>>
>>> Anyone have a viable solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> "Len" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can't speak for RAID configurations but on a single SATA drive I had no
>>>> problem with installing SP2 on a working system. It caused no problems
>>>> related to the drive but has some problems with Explorer stability
>>>> which I
>>>> haven't worked out yet.
>>>>
>>>> Also strangely enough for the first time in a while an old Dr. Watson
>>>> issue
>>>> has surfaced... how history repeats itself!
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, Len
>>>>
>>>> "Cody" <accounts@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:434901c47fe6$cbdfbd60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> > Have only SATA drives in my box. sp2 fails after reboot.
>>>> > Can not uninstall from the console nor boot to safe mode.
>>>> > Safemode stops at the agp440 driver but I know its not
>>>> > that. Only way to recover was a FRESH reinstall. No repair
>>>> > no roll back nothing works. Putting the SATA in ide legacy
>>>> > support does not work like it has for others. The same pc
>>>> > if I install to a normal ide none sata and xp and sp2
>>>> > works just fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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