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XP Install Freezing
Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps locking a minute or so after entering the licence key. I've stripped the system to the bare minimum components (cd-rom, hard drive, single memory) but it's still locking. The board is a Gigabyte GA-8IG1000-G, Googling this suggested that I disable as many of the un-necessary components as possible in the BIOS but still no joy. Any other suggestions, what have I missed? Cheers |
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XP Install Freezing
On 03/13/2012 03:26 AM, Endulini wrote:
Hi Everyone, I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps locking a minute or so after entering the licence key. I've stripped the system to the bare minimum components (cd-rom, hard drive, single memory) but it's still locking. The board is a Gigabyte GA-8IG1000-G, Googling this suggested that I disable as many of the un-necessary components as possible in the BIOS but still no joy. Any other suggestions, what have I missed? Cheers First check to confirm all cooling fans are working run a ram test run the hard drive diagnostic If all else fails, disable acpi in the bios |
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XP Install Freezing
Are you installing on a completely clean formatted HD ???
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Endulini" wrote in message om... Hi Everyone, I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps locking a minute or so after entering the licence key. I've stripped the system to the bare minimum components (cd-rom, hard drive, single memory) but it's still locking. The board is a Gigabyte GA-8IG1000-G, Googling this suggested that I disable as many of the un-necessary components as possible in the BIOS but still no joy. Any other suggestions, what have I missed? Cheers |
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XP Install Freezing
Endulini wrote:
I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps locking a minute or so after entering the licence key. I was going in circles for a few hours in a similar situation when I tried another XP installation CD. The one I was using (a burned copy on a CD-r or maybe it was a DVD-r) looked ok (visually) but it obviously had problems. An alternate CD worked just fine. The system never threw up any sort of media error during the install. |
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