In the BIOS there is probably a setting that allows you to say whether
you will be installing a Plug-and-Play OS on the machine. Try setting
this to NO. This means that the M/B and BIOS will get its claws into
the IRQ settings etc. rather than letting Windows attempt to sort them
out. Apparently it has been known that windows xp makes a bit of a hash
of the IRQ sharing. (Just passing on what has been mentioned to me, no
evidence to support this statement, but might be worth a try as well)
Regards
Stephen
ColdFusion Developer wrote:
> It is after the Installation of the devices
> and right after it asked for the keyboard language,
> machine name, as well as the Product Key.
>
> Reminder.. This is a LEGAL fully purchased copy
> of Windows XP.
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "John Munyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:24:21 -0800
>
> >At what point does it bomb? When I have seen machines just 'freeze' it
> >has been either the memory as someone mentioned or the hard drive, or
> >the drivers associated with the disk subsystem. Is in doing installing
> >components, or is it in gui plug and play detection? If it is in the
> >gui mode detecting hardware it I would think that perhaps there is a
> >hand detecting a piece of hardware it such as the disk controller etc.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:46 PM
> >To: CF-Talk
> >Subject: Weird PC Error - Part II
> >
> >
> >
> >Well I updated the BIOS and began the reformat process.
> >Formatted with NTFS and then loaded Windows XP back onto the system
> >
> >Yet with the same results, the machine still locks up around 25-26
> >minutes.
> >
> >I can hold the power switch and then when it restarts it will attempt
> >to continue with the installation process but bombs out each time
> >virtually at the same spot.
> >
> >ANy other ideas before I toss the thing out the window???
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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