RE: SP2 and Windows XP activation

[Marta]

I installed Service Pack 2 and my system failed, it went into a continuous
reboot sequence, and so I decided to rebuild the OS from scratch. I was
reluctant to activate the license (in case it didn't work and I'd have to
activate again) until I was sure that I could get a running system, however
as soon as I tried to install SP2 it failed again and went into the reboot
sequence. Can anyone tell me if this might be a hardware compatibility
issue or if SP2 will not install properly unless activated?

[Barry Watzman]

It sounds like you have a Prescott CPU and a BIOS on your motherboard
without the right microcode. This is fixable, it's been covered
extensively, here, do a search


Marta wrote:

> I installed Service Pack 2 and my system failed, it went into a continuous
> reboot sequence, and so I decided to rebuild the OS from scratch. I was
> reluctant to activate the license (in case it didn't work and I'd have to
> activate again) until I was sure that I could get a running system, however
> as soon as I tried to install SP2 it failed again and went into the reboot
> sequence. Can anyone tell me if this might be a hardware compatibility
> issue or if SP2 will not install properly unless activated?
>
>

[Marta]

Not a Prescott, but a VIA chipset. Irrrespective, it worked with L2 cache
disabled, although it took a long time doing it that way, but seems to be
fine now. Thanks Barry Watzman!

"Barry Watzman" > wrote in message
...
> It sounds like you have a Prescott CPU and a BIOS on your motherboard
> without the right microcode. This is fixable, it's been covered
> extensively, here, do a search
>
>
> Marta wrote:
>
>> I installed Service Pack 2 and my system failed, it went into a
>> continuous reboot sequence, and so I decided to rebuild the OS from
>> scratch. I was reluctant to activate the license (in case it didn't work
>> and I'd have to activate again) until I was sure that I could get a
>> running system, however as soon as I tried to install SP2 it failed again
>> and went into the reboot sequence. Can anyone tell me if this might be a
>> hardware compatibility issue or if SP2 will not install properly unless
>> activated?