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More info?)
Charlie
After Googling a bit I found many that had exactly the same problem with
NT4, but not with later Windows operating systems. It seems to be a problem
with NT4 and a "Prescott" CPU. Even Microsoft employees has confirmed the
problem. This link, for instance, gives you a news thread about the
problem:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=uJfDKPadEHA.3616%40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D0x0000003E%2Bnt%26ie%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den
(Beware, URL might wrap)
Best regards
Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Charlie" <charliem@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>The only hits you get for this message are for Windows 2000 installs and
>they all reference the same text about multiple processors but this is
>occurring during NT setup and the message has no text. Don't know if it is
>referencing same type of problem or is misleading. Windows 200 Server
>installed with no problem.
>
>"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
>news:s3h3l0h5tif8v1cl73nj09hp46ktd2n609@4ax.com...
>> Charlie
>>
>> If you get problems also with Win2000 I would suspect some type of
>hardware
>> problem. Also, NT4 shouldn't have any specific problem with the processor,
>> as it seems to be a regular P4 2.8GHz with 800MHz FSB according to IBM
>spec
>> sheet.
>>
>> You say that Win2000 doesn't give you any descriptive text when it errors
>> out. What happens? Just a hang, a blue screen, any information at all,
>that
>> could be used for a search in MSKB, MSDN, Google?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Bjorn
>> --
>> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>>
>> "Charlie" <charliem@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> >It is running HAL.DLL which as far as I can tell is the correct one for
>> >single processor, Intel based machines. Have run debug version of
>NTDETECT
>> >at startup to try and resolve hardware conflicts but hasn't helped. This
>> >message also appears to be for Windows 2000. Cannot be sure it is
>pointing
>> >to same type of problem due to lack of descriptive text. Have already
>> >purchased 2000 Server and hope I can get applications to work correctly
>> >which is main reason for trying to stick with NT in the first place. Its
>> >one thing to know what does not work and why but to not know for sure
>where
>> >the problem lies is the hard part.
>> >
>> >Thanks for your continued input.
>> >
>> >"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1ct0l0t3sdf47didv434v06phs7phu5gc7@4ax.com...
>> >> Charlie
>> >>
>> >> What happens if you force setup to use the uniprocessor HAL? This MS
>> >> Knowledge Base article might help in the process:
>> >>
>> >>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=132512
>> >>
>> >> The error message must, as far as I can understand, mean that NT4 setup
>> >> detects a multiprocessor system that it doesn't support. If you cannot
>get
>> >> a HAL that works, a possibility might be running NT4 within VMWare,
>while
>> >> using Win2000 as a host OS.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards
>> >>
>> >> Bjorn
>> >> --
>> >> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>> >> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>> >>
>> >> "Charlie" <charliem@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Turned off. Makes no difference.
>> >> >"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:naduk0l2b5knv3nm6jud7g5rck3i7h8c5d@4ax.com...
>> >> >> Charlie
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 0x3E means MULTIPROCESSOR_CONFIGURATION_NOT_SUPPORTED. Is your
>> >processor
>> >> >> hyper-threading capable? If it is, what happens if you turn this off
>in
>> >> >> BIOS?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Best regards
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Bjorn
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>> >> >> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Charlie" <charliem@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Trying to install NT 4.0 Server on new IBM xSeries 206. Processor
>is
>> >2.8
>> >> >GHz
>> >> >> >pentium with 256 mb ram and 2 simple-swap 80 gb serial ATA drives
>in
>> >RAID
>> >> >1
>> >> >> >configuration. Using Promise PCI raid controller card that has NT
>> >> >drivers.
>> >> >> >Drives have been partitioned and formatted. Setup gets to a point,
>> >after
>> >> >> >controller driver is loaded but still in text part of setup, and
>stops
>> >> >with
>> >> >> >same message at same point everytime.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Stop 0x0000003E (0x00000080, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
>with
>> >no
>> >> >> >descriptive text for message.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Can't find any relative info for this. According to IBM site, this
>> >> >> >particular model has not been certified for NT 4.0 but see no
>reason
>> >why
>> >> >> >shouldn't work.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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