unexpected error when installing windows XP

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I am having a problem installing XP Home Edition due to the following
error message.

"unexpected error (0) occured at line 1773 in
D:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\arcdisp.c."

I have tried installing on a newly partitioned formatted new 80gig HD
with Win98SE installed and working as an upgrade and also doing it to
the drive without any operating system. Just partitioned and formatted.
Same error both times.

This is a show stopper and there seems that there is no way around it.

I'm wondering if the bios needs a change or the firmware for the
motherboard needs to be upgraded for XP. This MB has different firmware
for Win98 and another version for Win2k.

Any Ideas?????

Ed..

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Hi,

It's probably a hardware problem, possibilities include:

- overclocked or incorrect bus settings, you want to use system defaults.
- bad or flakey ram. Try removing one stick or the other assuming you have
more than one.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ed/1" <brasstown2@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1116209218.523711.100480@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I am having a problem installing XP Home Edition due to the following
> error message.
>
> "unexpected error (0) occured at line 1773 in
> D:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\arcdisp.c."
>
> I have tried installing on a newly partitioned formatted new 80gig HD
> with Win98SE installed and working as an upgrade and also doing it to
> the drive without any operating system. Just partitioned and formatted.
> Same error both times.
>
> This is a show stopper and there seems that there is no way around it.
>
> I'm wondering if the bios needs a change or the firmware for the
> motherboard needs to be upgraded for XP. This MB has different firmware
> for Win98 and another version for Win2k.
>
> Any Ideas?????
>
> Ed..
>