Wtf!

Emboss · 12-11-2003 12:18pm #1

K7N2 Delta-L
Athlon 2600 XP
512mb DDR 333mhz 2.5cls
all hdd's ide

all bought new this week....trying to install XP it hangs during "setup is starting windows" tried another cd same problem
tried installing win 2k exact same problem another 2k cd same problem

tried a different gfx card cd rom drive
put the hdd's back into their original machine boot fine no problems.

put a hdd with FreeBSD 4.9 preinstalled boots and works fine....fired up X no problems...machines flys

lost.....

omathuna · 12-11-2003 12:55pm

I had a problem like this with XP setup bombing out. It turned out that the Bios had the wrong clock speed for the CPU. Set the clock speed manually and no more problems.

Emboss · 12-11-2003 2:22pm

yeh sorry i should have mentioned clock speed for RAM and CPU are set correctly....

uch · 12-11-2003 6:24pm

What graphics card are yo using ??

Giblet · 12-11-2003 8:27pm

A lot of people who have had this problem have had success by changing their PSU, what make is your BTW.

vibe666 · 13-11-2003 12:11pm

have you tried copying the CD onto the HD first?

I've had similar problems in the past and sometimes this helps. something to do with the way xp/2k setup reads the CD's, but never got to the bottom of it.

Drazhar · 13-11-2003 12:31pm

i had this once ages ago.

i had a Dell PC with two graphics ports, one On Board, one AGP. Anyway, i completly missed the AGP one and plugged the monitor into the On Board. Half way thorugh bootup, the screen would freeze.

I didnt know it at the time, but the computer had switched to the AGP card, and disabled the On Board. Just somehting to check, in case.

Emboss · 13-11-2003 1:41pm

Originally posted by uch
What graphics card are yo using ??

two different cards one pci one AGP banshee and a prophet 4500 same problem with both work fine in abother machine

Emboss · 13-11-2003 1:43pm

Originally posted by vibe666
have you tried copying the CD onto the HD first?

I've had similar problems in the past and sometimes this helps. something to do with the way xp/2k setup reads the CD's, but never got to the bottom of it.

haven't tried copying to the hdd no

tried at this stage

win2k pro, server, adv server, data center server
XP home and Pro
2003 standard, enterprise and web editions

all fail at the same point tried 4 hard drives and 2 different cdrom drives

same issue

RicardoSmith · 13-11-2003 1:53pm

Originally posted by Emboss
two different cards one pci one AGP banshee and a prophet 4500 same problem with both work fine in abother machine

Did you try with only one of them installed. Sometimes having two installed causes problems. have you another OS to try?

BadCharlie · 13-11-2003 1:59pm

Try and c if its your cpu thats over heating ??
U say that it gets to the same point everytime. That might be cause at that point your cpu is so hot it has to shut down. If it does so try and get into bios and check your pc health. Or the person who said it might be your psu was a good idea also.

Emboss · 13-11-2003 2:09pm

Originally posted by BadCharlie
Try and c if its your cpu thats over heating ??
U say that it gets to the same point everytime. That might be cause at that point your cpu is so hot it has to shut down. If it does so try and get into bios and check your pc health. Or the person who said it might be your psu was a good idea also.

tried 2 psu's a hard drive with FreeBSD installed works fine for hours...no over heating issues

Emboss · 13-11-2003 2:10pm

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
Did you try with only one of them installed. Sometimes having two installed causes problems. have you another OS to try?

no both installed on their own

i listed all os's i tried

win2k pro, server, adv server, data center server
XP home and Pro
2003 standard, enterprise and web editions

RicardoSmith · 13-11-2003 2:18pm

Then its a hardware problem. What temps are you getting with your CPU? Could be an overheating problem. Have you tried with the side of your case off?

maxheadroom · 13-11-2003 2:21pm

I had a similar problem once with XP Pro and it turned out it was because of a bad DVDrom drive. Have you tried with CPU, minimal RAM, AGP Graphics, One HD, one optical drive on differenct IDE channels?

RicardoSmith · 13-11-2003 2:23pm

Test each component (and the cables) individually with a minimal amount of hardware installed. etc.

Emboss · 13-11-2003 2:47pm

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
Then its a hardware problem. What temps are you getting with your CPU? Could be an overheating problem. Have you tried with the side of your case off?

read above posts runs fine for hours on a *nix OS cpu temps are fine

Emboss · 13-11-2003 2:48pm

Originally posted by maxheadroom
I had a similar problem once with XP Pro and it turned out it was because of a bad DVDrom drive. Have you tried with CPU, minimal RAM, AGP Graphics, One HD, one optical drive on differenct IDE channels?

yes

Emboss · 13-11-2003 2:49pm

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
Test each component (and the cables) individually with a minimal amount of hardware installed. etc.

done same problem

Wtf!

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