Windows XP Setup Blank Screen

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Okay I have a Gateway 4100 with a New drive (IDE 80 Gigs) I just got in from
Gateway to replace the one that was Bad. When I boot to the Winodws Xp pro CD
I get the Prompt " Press any key to boot from CD" I do so then I see it go to
the next screen That say's " Setup is inspecting your Hardware configuration"
After that point the screen is Blank but the computer is still on....

ANy Ideas?

Video Card is good and the HD is New from Gateway.

Thank You
Sosak

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Thank you for your response Bud, Yeah I checked Jumper setting and have tried
both CS and Master and niether work....I am in the process of testing out the
Drive With Western Digitals "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic " tool. Well se how it
goes...

"anon" wrote:

> You have a hardware configuration problem.
>
> Assuming that the XP CD is OK, and that this system is compatible with
> windows XP, you have a hardware issue, it could be as simple as a BIOS
> setting or jumper setting on the HDD, or it could be an actual hardware fault.
>
> ensure your hardware configuration is correct,
>
> get the hardware tested.
>
> "sosak" wrote:
>
> > Okay I have a Gateway 4100 with a New drive (IDE 80 Gigs) I just got in from
> > Gateway to replace the one that was Bad. When I boot to the Winodws Xp pro CD
> > I get the Prompt " Press any key to boot from CD" I do so then I see it go to
> > the next screen That say's " Setup is inspecting your Hardware configuration"
> > After that point the screen is Blank but the computer is still on....
> >
> > ANy Ideas?
> >
> > Video Card is good and the HD is New from Gateway.
> >
> > Thank You
> > Sosak

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I have the same problem as you. My computer is a Dell dimension 3000 and I
have call the support line and they fix the problem. The process as follow:

1. Use a Win98 startup disk to Boot up your computer. The reason for this
is, it need to use some command within the Win98 startup disk.

2. Change the drive to the RAM drive that contain all startup utilities, it
may be E: if you have CD rom or D:. Just cleck where all the utilties locate.

3.Type Debug on the DOS prompt and hit Enter.
the following are commands you type, beware of the space between each.

-f 200 l1000 0 hit Enter
-A CS:100 hit Enter
it will then show some number like this xxxx:x010 on a new line (where x is
number of you hardDisk
After you type mov ax,301 hit Enter
it will show xxxx:0103
After that you type mov bx,200 hit Enter
it will show xxxx:0106
Then you type mov Cx,1 hit Enter
it then shows xxxx:0109
type mov Dx,80 hit Enter
it shows xxxx:010C
Type Int 13 hit Enter
it will show xxxx:101E
Type Int 20 hit Enter
new line show xxxx:0110 hit Enter
Type -g
it display "Teminated program normally" then power off the system and turn
it back on to see if the problem solve. Good luck!




"sosak" wrote:

> Okay I have a Gateway 4100 with a New drive (IDE 80 Gigs) I just got in from
> Gateway to replace the one that was Bad. When I boot to the Winodws Xp pro CD
> I get the Prompt " Press any key to boot from CD" I do so then I see it go to
> the next screen That say's " Setup is inspecting your Hardware configuration"
> After that point the screen is Blank but the computer is still on....
>
> ANy Ideas?
>
> Video Card is good and the HD is New from Gateway.
>
> Thank You
> Sosak

Same problem here. Happened after auto restart on Pinnacle HD Pro Stick software re-installation. Boot doesn't seem to recognize disk. System Recovery from CD doesn't run with the disk installed (but does for other hard disks I swap in). Disk passes all Dell diagnostics tests. Disk works fine in usb hard disk enclosure. Just doesn't work in my Inspiron 9200 hard disk slot (again, other hard drives do work). Love to hear any suggestions anyone can offer.

Do you have a monitor plug on your motherboard ?
You can try to switch to that one in bios to eliminate the video card as causing the problem
I am thinking xp doesn't have the driver needed for that video card
This is just my opinion based on the fact that vista doesn't have this problem

I have this problem as well.
I have an ACER Aspire 8930 laptop which came with VISTA and I'm trying to load XPsp3 on it .
It has a Nvidia GF9700M video and as soon as it leaves the BIOS "boot from CD prompt" the screen
is black/ blank right up untill you get to the blue windows XP Welcome screen. Now this isnt a problem
as windows will continue to load after this point anyway.
However The VISTA partition was loaded with SATA AHCI mode in BIOS and VISTA BSOD's when you switch the SATA back to IDE mode. Alternatively Windows XP BSOD's when trying to install in AHCI mode but at least you get to WELCOME screen in IDE mode. I dont even know if you can get AHCI supported driver to preload at the XP install prompt buts thats mute because I cant even see the screen to load it anyway.

I tried and external monitor plugged ito the vga connector and same thing.

Hi,

I am having the same problem. I have Fedora installed. For few days it was ok but now i came to know dat xp boot having a problem and also giving blank screen after msg "Setup is inspecting your hardware"...........

Please can u tell me the detailed workout. Also, is there a soln by which hard disk contents should not be erased......