Clean Install crashes at 34 Minutes Remaining
"vidbits" wrote in message
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I have an ASUS P4PE MOBO (broadband and sound on MOBO), 1 gig of memory
and an ATI 8500DV graphics card.
I have the same problem as the others.
Using an IDENTICAL configuration, Windows 2000 installs perfectly, but
on a clean XP install as soon as it hits that 34 minute mark my screen
goes blank for 2 seconds, returns and in about 2 seconds the little
green progress marker stops and my machine freezes solid. (I have tried
using the original XP install disk as well as a disk slipstreamed with
SP2).
I've checked memory, pulled out all my USB devices, pulled my external
USR modem, and the problem continues.
Funny thing, in the Award BIOS there are two settings that have never
"appeared"... Under "Advanced", the manual shows 3 sub-settings -- Chip
Configuration, I/O Device Configuration and PCI Configuration. The
latter two subsettings do not appear. I don't think that's the problem
with installing the OS, but it bugs me.
The graphics card is "suspicious" to me -- but it is supposedly
compatible with Windows XP.
The fellow that built my system has left me "high and dry" -- just
telling me to go looking on the net for a solution. He more or less
wants a BLANK CHEQUE to do any work.
I have never been so frustrated in my life because I am disabled and
it's going to likely cost me $200-$300 to get somebody in to TRY and
diagnose the problem.
I am thinking about "starting over" with an ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE MOBO.
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vidbits
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