ASSUME u checked for bad caps ? Have a customer who wants me to do 4 clean installs, with musical hard drives and does not understand why I insist they come here, ONE at a time. These are older systems also, think socket A on a7n8x's way too much for onsite service IF problems arise >:-o and who knows what I will need. fp
At 03:47 PM 10/18/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Oh, this afternoon has been much fun with my dinosaur! >Powered on and got no video. Powered off and changed the psu. >Powered on and got no video. Hmm, the old G200-agp is toast. #%&**@ >Got my one last vid card (fx5500-pci) and retested..........No video, Hmm. >Decided bios was really dorked up. Possible........reset. >Powered on, no video. >Changed the P2-450 (100fsb) for a P2-333 (66fsb) >Powered on.....finally, a post beep code; 1L-1S-1S-1S..... >(video trouble still.) >Powered off. Pulled the fx5500, put the G200 back in the agp slot. >Pulled the P2-333 and put the P2-450 back in. >Powered on and the wretch fired right up and into bios! >I've seen this behavior several times with this BX6r2. Odd beast1 >Currently sitting at a post complete looking at the "NTLDR missing" missing >and looking for a CD to spin up! Bios set for ACPI and PnP OS. >This time I'm going to try w2kpro! >Thanks, >Duncan > >At 13:52 10/18/2008 -0400, you wrote: >>Gee, sounds like a whole lot of fun. >> >>Going back to my original confusion, I had something similar happen recently >>with AHCI. When it's turned on, neither of my SATA DVD drives are checked >>for bootable devices as part of the BIOS sequence, even though they are >>marked as such in the BIOS. >> >>But when I turn off AHCI and set it to IDE or SATA, the BIOS checks both for >>bootable discs every time it boots. >> >>------ >>Brian >> >> >> >>On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 1:44 PM, DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> JRS, Greg, Brian, >>> Thanks, and this is why I asked, I am trying to install Wxp and notice that >>> one of the very first parts/files installed seem to focus on ACPI. I have >>> tried the install with ACPI enabled in bios and with ACPI disabled in >>> bios............ :( >>> ACPI enabled in bios - The install runs for ~22minutes and the PC shuts >>> OFF. >>> ACPI disabled in bios - The install completes, but Wxp eventually boots to >>> a BSOD, and, many files from the CD and called out as missing or corrupt. >>> Some are correctable w/Retry <ent>, but many have to be bypassed with the >>> ESC key. >>> >>> None of the past 4 install attempts have completed properly - a running OS. >>> The machine used to be my EasyNAS/NASLite test platform (for the past 6mo). >>> Prior to this, it ran W2Kpro solidly. >>> >>> I have changed the CDROM twice w/known working devices. I changed the PATA >>> cables twice. No change. I am going the swap out the psu (enermax 451w; my >>> last!) this afternoon even though the bios power/temp display screen shows >>> everything is nominal...............A real head scratcher, but fun anyway. >>> Thanks, >>> Duncan >>> >>> >>> At 10:12 10/18/2008 -0700, you wrote: >>> >>>> Installing with ACPI on or off can cause issues as well if you switch >>>> it afterwards since you will get a different kernel installed >>>> when you install XP with it either off or on. >>>> >>>> The only way to change kernels is to do a re-install from what I >>>> understand. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 18, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Greg Sevart wrote: >>>> >>>> ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) primarily deals >>>>> with power >>>>> states. I think you are mistaking it for AHCI (Advanced Host >>>>> Controller >>>>> Interface), which does deal specifically with advanced features for >>>>> SATA >>>>> drives. Enabling AHCI after an installation has already been >>>>> completed does >>>>> cause a boot BSOD under Windows. There are ways to perform a switch >>>>> without >>>>> a reinstallation though. >>>>> >>>>> Greg >>>>> >>>>> >>> -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- What's in a name, anyway? Everything and nothing.
