I am trying to install Windows 2000 Professional on the system below: Motherboard: Supermicro P6DBE with Dual PII 500Mhz Ram: 256 MB Hard Drive: Western Digital 30 GB Video Card: Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head CD ROM: Sony (Basic CD ROM)
I started the installation, booting off the CD-ROM, formatted the hard drive, selected NTFS, and successfully installed Windows 2000 (I think). I restart the computer, I see the black screen with the bars on the bottom that load, then the Windows 2000 Screen with the blue boxes on the bottom load. When that screen is finished, I get the BSOD with the following error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL......... If this is your first time seeing this message...reset..... If you have this problem again... check hardware...bla bla bla. When I restart, I get the same message, or sometimes I would get a PFN_LIST_CORRPUT or REGISTRY_ERROR. So I searched Microsoft and came to the conclusion that I have a bad drive. The only device in the computer is the video card and since I have not installed the driver for it yet, I assume it is the driver that came with Windows 2000 that is not working with the video card. I tried two other video cards, each time reformatting and reinstalling, but I get the same error. I also reformatted as FAT and created a small partition (4 GB) for Windows 2000. Still no luck. Since I had Windows 2000 Professional with no Service Pack, I borrowed a friends CD-ROM which was Windows 2000 Professional with SP1. (Since I already bought my CD-ROM, Microsoft has their money as far as I am concern.) I tried that CD-ROM, still no luck. I upgraded the BIOS and changed the memory, switch the Hard Drive and CD-ROM positions on the cable and motherboard... and yes again... still no luck. Sort of C-4 or a 16lb sledgehammer, does any body else have any other ideas? I have ran into problems like this before and I am usually able to figure it out, but this one has stumped me for the last two days. Thanks in Advance Jacob ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
