I have an Abit KT7A motherboard with an AMD Athlon 1500+ running at 1300MHz. I was installing Windows XP Pro. and after it finishes formating the drive and copying the files needed.... I encounter a problem... When it restarts, it loads up the Windows XP Pro screen then turns light blue... Now from there it's suppose to flash then begin the installation process. However for some reason it just flashes and stays the same. I can move my mouse and my keyboard works but can't do anything. I changed hardrives, CD-Roms, and even pulled out everything cept for video, cd-rom, stick of ram, and hardrive. I've also changed my Bios to even lower settings. But nothing has worked. Plz HELP ME! Thx
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I read in some posts that if you try and install windows XP from a burnt CD it wont install properly.
The CD has to be burned in DAO mode or TAO mode or sumthing like that maybe someone else will know the exact way you have to burn the CD.
Of course if your not installing from a burnt CD then i dont know what else could be causing it. Is your computer overclocked? Windows might not install properly if it si.
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The CD has to be burned in DAO mode or TAO mode or sumthing like that maybe someone else will know the exact way you have to burn the CD.
Of course if your not installing from a burnt CD then i dont know what else could be causing it. Is your computer overclocked? Windows might not install properly if it si.
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not CD pretty sure. I have 4 other computers and used the same CD and worked perfectly fine. Don't think it's the RAM either. I took out all the RAM and reinstalled it twice. Once with single-side SDRAM and 2nd with double-sided SDRAM. Thanks for the post guys. Keep em coming..
nope none of those. I actually swapped each single device. I changed the cd rom, hardrive, and video card. Same results.. Not sure why but it use to work perfectly fine with winxp pro. I even tried installing windows 98, millenium, and 2000 pro! But each one failed. Only Windows 98 I got through with a ton of errors during installation and whenever I tried opening anything I just got a illegal operation error and had to close it.
well that leaves the cables, ram, mobo, and cpu. if you have a similar machine you can install the os on that machine and put the hd in the machine you are having trouble with.
i went to the tomshardware forums and all i got was this lousy signature.
i went to the tomshardware forums and all i got was this lousy signature.
Tried switching cables and ram. Cpu I just left but also went to BIOS settings and loaded the "Load Fail-Safe Defaults" and the "Load Optimized Defaults". Each of them had no effect. I've put the hardrive in another computer and reinstalled the system files and worked fine. When I put it back in the computer that's messed up, everything loads up till right after the Windows XP Pro screen. It's suppose to go the log on screen or login in automatically but the screen just stays black. Thanks for all the help. Keep it coming really appreciate it! Thanks
Well I disabled just about everything that's not need and still same problem. I guess either my cpu is screwed or maybe a scratch on my motherboard?... not sure but it could be either one. I might as well as replace it. Giving me too much trouble... Thanks jihiggs for all the tips!
Swap power supplies, they can cause some crazy problems.
Check your cpu fan, video fan too.
I had a bad power supply that would cause a lockup during the splash screen with win98 but in winXP would run fine. Very odd, but if I used my modem in winXP then that little extra power would reboot my system. I had real headaches with that problem. Bought a new PS (was using a 5 year old sparkle 235W at the time) and haven't had a problem since. Took apart the PS and found a cap had swollen and heated up.
Calendil
Check your cpu fan, video fan too.
I had a bad power supply that would cause a lockup during the splash screen with win98 but in winXP would run fine. Very odd, but if I used my modem in winXP then that little extra power would reboot my system. I had real headaches with that problem. Bought a new PS (was using a 5 year old sparkle 235W at the time) and haven't had a problem since. Took apart the PS and found a cap had swollen and heated up.
Calendil
Hmm good idea bout the powersupply. Dun have a video fan. Using an MEGA old video card but still works fine.
Well my system doesn't lockup it just stops loading right after the winxp pro screen. Also I notice it takes a littel bit extra time for the winxp pro screen to appear and have the blue bar start going...
Well my system doesn't lockup it just stops loading right after the winxp pro screen. Also I notice it takes a littel bit extra time for the winxp pro screen to appear and have the blue bar start going...
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If you have 2 sticks of ram... try running with just 1 at a time... and in each possible slot. That will eliminate a problem with your ram or a motherboard ram slot.
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