Re 6 No, no such option in BIOS....

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I thought most of Award BIOS has this option. I believe your mother board is using Award BIOS. What is your power supply rating ? Have you tried to remove one device at a time to only leave just HD and video card ?

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Power supply was changed 2x. Today I will try to remove devices as you suggested

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I removed everything except HD and video card, it was hanging on black XP loading screen. I had to reinstall video driver. Then I changed video card for ATI Radeon 7500. So far didn't crush! I will test it and post results here within next 3-4 days. It looks like Nvidia was causing the problem. vector

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I found this possible solution for the problem, but is in spanish. This said that is possible a problem with the ACPI and during the instalation you dont need to install the ACPI (HALL.DLL) for to solve the problem When you install the XP: Insert CD and then install, at the first screen push F7 (when you read push F6) and choose "standard PC" This steps will install the XP without ACPI OK bye PD. this is the message in spanish: Desactive la compatibilidad con USB en el Nivel de abstracción de hardware de ACPI (HAL.dll). Los sistemas de compatibilidad de Bus serie universal (USB) antiguos del BIOS pueden producir diferentes problemas. Estos problemas suelen producirse en equipos antiguos que utilizan la especificación ACPI (Interfaz avanzada de configuración y energía) para la administración de energía y que utilizan un mouse (ratón) o un teclado USB. Estos problemas suelen hacer que el equipo deje de responder, bien durante la instalación o bien al reiniciar el equipo por primera vez una vez terminada la instalación. ADVERTENCIA: es posible que en este procedimiento tenga que cambiar la configuración de la CMOS y modificar el BIOS. Si se equivoca al realizar cambios en el BIOS del equipo puede producir problemas graves. Microsoft no puede garantizar la solución de los problemas resultantes de la modificación del BIOS. Modifique la configuración de la CMOS bajo su responsabilidad. Para evitar estos problemas, siga estos pasos: Impida que se cargue el Nivel de abstracción de hardware de ACPI (HAL.dll) al reiniciar el equipo. Para impedir que se cargue el archivo HAL.DLL de ACPI, utilice uno de los procedimientos siguientes: Si se trata de una instalación nueva Ejecute el programa de instalación desde el CD-ROM. Presione la tecla F7 cuando aparezca Presione F6 para instalar un controlador SCSI o RAID de otro fabricante . Utilice las teclas Arriba y Abajo para seleccionar PC estándar. Presione ENTRAR. Desactive en el BIOS la opción de compatibilidad con sistemas USB antiguos. Microsoft no puede proporcionarle información detallada acerca de la modificación de la configuración de la CMOS y el BIOS, ya que son específicos de cada equipo. Consulte la documentación de su equipo o póngase en contacto con el fabricante del mismo para obtener instrucciones específicas. Actualice el BIOS del equipo, si hay una actualización disponible. Póngase en contacto con el fabricante del equipo para obtener un BIOS actualizado.

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Response to No 9. This is interesting. What is the version of NVDIA driver that you used ?

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Re: No 12 Here is all story and details on my Nvidia: Card: Nvidia TNT2 M64, 32MB, 4X AGP My first nvidia card [the same model] was exchanged few days after system was build. Problems were on original XP drivers on startup [bad system config info , error 0x00000074...] Then I installed the newest Nvidia driver v. 23.11 from Nvidia web page, still the same problems. Then I installed Nvidia older driver but with WHQL [Windows certified driver], v.21.83 and still the problem existed. Once I've tryed to remove all devices and leave only HD and Nvidia card - system locked up on black WinXP startup page. I had to reinstall oryginal XP video driver in safe mode. Then I decided to change video card for a card, with Windows XP logo [in my case I choossed ATI RADEON 7500, for now] Since then NO PROBLEMS so far [this is second day and didn't have a single problem - hope it will last this way...] I've had problems with Win 2000 on this machine few months ago [with this nvidia video card installed, of course] - system was restarting randomly without any reason - then I installed Win XP Pro [and startup problem raised - blue screen, missing properties on display, "old" looking taskbar with gray START button - not green] By the way, latley I asked my friends and 3 of them had this nvidia card, and all of them had problems on Win ME, 98SE and XP Home. After they changed the card problems stopped. Looks like this card is not so good. From now on I would buy only hardware with Windows Logo on it [and good brand], not only "compatible" mark. [you can check it out on MS site]. It is worth it. From now on - if I have a problem I would change the hardware for the one with the LOGO of the operating system I will use. If you have more questions - let me know here - I will try to answer. vector

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I am using NVIDIA and running 21.83 NVIDA with WHQL. Normally, the problem does not occur every time of booting up. Around once a week the system boots pass the WinXP banner but crashes before going to the loggin screen. The screen goes blank. Can't easily isolate the problem since it occurs infrequently. Any way, I am glad you found the problem and thank you for the info. -Pandit

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It is over 2 weeks from the time I installed ATI Radeon 7500 with their newest drivers. System is stable as a rock, didn't have a single problem within those 2 weeks. I tryed to install another new nvidia vcard and guess what - BLUE SCREEN. So I will stay with ATI - it works!!! Vector

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hello there i had the same problem w/ my tnt2 card. i tried all the drivers,, reformatted,, upgraded all the drivers for the motherboard and to no avail nothing worked. swapped out the tnt2 w/ a voodoo 4 and it was all good xcpt for that the voodoo was pci and it coflicted w/ sound cardmade the creative 512 card crackle,, IRQ conflict i thought hehehe i was wrong no conflict there, went out and bought the ATI Radeon 7200 and havent had a problem yet my success has been going for two weeks as well... I dont know what is going on in the Nvidias head maybe its a evil ploy to try to coax us into buying the "latest & greatest" product but I personally refuse to bow down hehehehehehe anyway for what ever its worth i couldnt solve the issue but heres my setup if it helps anyone out there Intel gb850 motherboard 128 mb ddr 1.4 P4 netgear Lan card WAS Riva tnt2 32mb 64m (ARGHHHH) NOW ATI Radeon 7200 64mb (HIP HIP HOORAY) Creative Soundblaster 512 16X dvd sony 12X8X32X cd-rw 60gb WD Harddrive

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oooopsss forgot to add OS is win98se/win xp thanks and have a good day

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tj, thanks for posting - it proves that nvidia was causing all the problems.... again I strongly recommend to anyone hardware with the MS LOGO, not just compatible mark http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp

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I have an Nvidia GeForce3 and I am getting the same problems... I'm so glad you already discovered the solution... I will change to another card... thanks

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