SP2 boot problem with Prescott P4

[Hula Baloo]

Back when I researched SP2 in Aug., I remember a problem reported here
with SP2 and P4 Prescott CPUs not being able to boot after installing
SP2. The fix was to flash the BIOS to a more current version, but there
was a circumvention where you could boot up the Recovery Console and
rename a file (I believe it was something.SYS in the SYSTEM32 folder?).
Could some kind soul refresh my memory as to what this file was? I
have a friend who's stumbled into this problem and can't boot his system
now. We tried booting to Safe Mode and Last Known Good Configuration,
but these just reboot & give the same error. Help! TIA.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

See the section on this link related to the Prescott:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
About 1/3 down the page.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Hula Baloo" > wrote in message
...
> Back when I researched SP2 in Aug., I remember a problem reported
> here with SP2 and P4 Prescott CPUs not being able to boot after
> installing SP2. The fix was to flash the BIOS to a more current
> version, but there was a circumvention where you could boot up the
> Recovery Console and rename a file (I believe it was something.SYS
> in the SYSTEM32 folder?). Could some kind soul refresh my memory as
> to what this file was? I have a friend who's stumbled into this
> problem and can't boot his system now. We tried booting to Safe
> Mode and Last Known Good Configuration, but these just reboot & give
> the same error. Help! TIA.

[Hula Baloo]

Jupiter,
THANK YOU. I bookmarked the page & have installed KB885626. I'd
already flashed the BIOS & thought I was safe, but Murphy sure is a sly
old fox, isn't he!

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

> See the section on this link related to the Prescott:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
> About 1/3 down the page.
>

[Hula Baloo]

Jupiter,
THANK YOU. I bookmarked the page & have installed KB885626. I'd
already flashed the BIOS & thought I was safe, but Murphy sure is a sly
devilish old fox, isn't he!

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

> See the section on this link related to the Prescott:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
> About 1/3 down the page.
>