XP Install problems

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Swapping a 1.8 Gig to 3.0+ would transition your rig to a Hyperthreaded
CPU (Different PC HAL). Which motherboard does your PC use ?, You
may need a Firmware flash for your BIOS to be fully compliant with HT.
and enable HT in the BIOS setup.

Also you need to check your FSB ratings, I don't believe a 3.2 P4 uses a
400 MHz FSB, but a 533 MHz one. Without more details it's hard to
give you a likely cause. But, I'd go to your Motherboard vendor's website
and check the BIOS Firmware History/Readme. Check for processor
support (Steps) and Hyperthreading support.


"Shin" <Shin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My situation is;
>
> I have an older 1.8gb P4 400mhz fsb, a maxtor 80gb hd, generic 512mb
> memory
> stick, ATI Radeon 9800 se, mad dog dvd drive, 52x memorex cd burner, Star
> Logic 250 w + 12v 10a power supply
>
> Recently I took my computer to a friends house and left it there running
> overnight. (He refuses to use his a/c and his house reached 97 degrees
> that
> night) Unfortunately, my computer was undercooled at the time, which has
> since been remedied.
>
> The next morning my computer was locked on the windows loading screen. A
> few times, I was able to reboot into windows, but the computer would
> randomly
> reboot repeatedly. I tried troubleshooting by swapping out parts to see
> if
> overheating was an issue.
> Eventually I decided to reformat my drive and reinstall windows because I
> began receiving numerous 'blue screens of death'. (0x000000D1,
> 0x75807CA2,
> 0x00000002, 0x00000000, and 0x0000007E) Now, my system locks on 'Windows
> is
> starting' during XP install. The computer posts fine and reads the XP
> disc
> fine but locks on the same step every time. I tried 3 different licensed
> copies of XP, 4 different cd/burners/dvd drives. I swapped in another
> known
> to be good hard drive and tried to load from the XP cd. This time i got
> read
> errors on the hd. I swapped in another hard drive with XP installed, and
> it
> will not load into windows.
>
> Any and ALL suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Added an Antec 350w power supply. No change. Also tried disabling any
> unneccessary options in bios and have only the memory, processor, hard
> drive
> and cd drive reading the XP disc connected. Still no change...
> Today I swapped the processor with a 3.2 gb P4, now i get constant blue
> screens right after the Windows is starting screen of the XP
> installation..
> (this is right after the current hardware inspection and file loading)
>
> Thanks,
> Shin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Actually I realized I'd have problems right after testing the 3 gb cpu. My
main problem remains with the lockup on 'windows is starting' screen in the
xp setup. I've switched back to my 1.8 cpu.

Shin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Check your memory.


"Shin" <Shin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Actually I realized I'd have problems right after testing the 3 gb cpu.
> My
> main problem remains with the lockup on 'windows is starting' screen in
> the
> xp setup. I've switched back to my 1.8 cpu.
>
> Shin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Download and burn this. Boot off of it and use its excellent hardware
dignistics to see what is going on.
"Shin" <Shin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A037E11B-8D6F-4198-ACAB-EFA27E7B27B2@microsoft.com...
> Actually I realized I'd have problems right after testing the 3 gb cpu.
> My
> main problem remains with the lockup on 'windows is starting' screen in
> the
> xp setup. I've switched back to my 1.8 cpu.
>
> Shin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Well, I feel like an idiot now. The problem was the memory. Even though it
had worked fine for 3 years in the old Asus P4S533 mobo, when it fried, I had
replaced the board with a Asus P4S800 which supports the dual channel ddr...
I had placed another 512mb standard ddr in, which was causing similar hangups
in the XP install to the defective 512mb ddr. So I finally swapped in two
256mb dual channel ddr sticks and voila! it works find. So after buying a
new board and ps and memory, I finally have my computer back. Whew!

Anyway, thanks to all of those who responded with suggestions and tips. You
are greatly appreciated.

Shin