Ed Franklin
December 6th 03, 11:31 AM
I was installing an ATI 9000 video card into an XP machine
and they discribed this exact problem. Their solution to
it was to make sure that the system bios is up to date on
the machine in use.
May want to check that as well.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a WinXP Home machine that refuses to boot into
windows.
>The machine starts normally enough, with the
Windows 'splash' screen
>displaying.
>
>There is a momentary blue 'flash' just before the GUI
would load, and then
>the screen stays black.
>
>I started the machine in SAFE MODE, and after a whole
long list of
>'commands' scroll down the screen, it seems to 'stick' on
one called
>"agp440.sys"
>
>After a few seconds, it reboots to repeat the whole
process again.
>
>Help!
>
>
>.
>
and they discribed this exact problem. Their solution to
it was to make sure that the system bios is up to date on
the machine in use.
May want to check that as well.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a WinXP Home machine that refuses to boot into
windows.
>The machine starts normally enough, with the
Windows 'splash' screen
>displaying.
>
>There is a momentary blue 'flash' just before the GUI
would load, and then
>the screen stays black.
>
>I started the machine in SAFE MODE, and after a whole
long list of
>'commands' scroll down the screen, it seems to 'stick' on
one called
>"agp440.sys"
>
>After a few seconds, it reboots to repeat the whole
process again.
>
>Help!
>
>
>.
>