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Comp Hangs while installing windows XP

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Name: Louis R.
Date: September 30, 2001 at 16:39:05 Pacific
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After setup copys the install files the system reboots then i choose "windows XP install" and it loads the windows setup and shows a booting screen with a progress bar thats works fine but after that I get a black screen (the monitor led does not blink as if somthing was wrong)
also i have tryed a clean install and an upgrade and it did this both times

System:

MB: Abit KT7A (not with raid)
CPU: AMD Athlon 1ghz 100mz bus
Ram: 256mb pc-133
Sound: SB audioPCI
Video: power color geforce2 mx400 (64mb)

*if anyone can help me plz contact me or post somthing here!



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Name: Louis R.
Date: September 30, 2001 at 16:41:34 Pacific
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also i know this cd works cuz i used it on my other comp and it worked fine the only dif between my comp and the other one is the Mother board, sound card, and video card


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Response Number 2
Name: Gary Caldwell
Date: September 30, 2001 at 20:57:08 Pacific
Reply:

I just found your post because I was searching the web looking for answers to the same problem.

Get rid of the "Power Color" video card. It is causing the hang. I swapped it out and used an ATI video card and the XP install worked great.

Good luck.


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Response Number 3
Name: Slawek
Date: October 1, 2001 at 10:18:41 Pacific
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I did it! :) I turned off power saving settings in bios and now everything is OK. Try this, and if it works, call me Master :)


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Response Number 4
Name: Ryu Warusa
Date: October 2, 2001 at 12:47:02 Pacific
Reply:

::Goes off to try this:: I have an Nvidia GeForce 2 32mb Pro. Damn POS......


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Response Number 5
Name: cline
Date: November 14, 2001 at 04:58:19 Pacific
Reply:

I have the same problem.

MB: Abit KT7A 1.0
CPU: AMD Duron 850mhz 100mz bus
Ram: 256mb pc-133
Sound: Cs4237b
Video: UnKnown Geforce2 mx400 (64mb)

I will try the power saving settings.


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Response Number 6
Name: Falcon
Date: November 28, 2001 at 13:17:17 Pacific
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I'm having the same problem during install. I've disconnected my slave drive, my burner, my network card, modem, disabled USB's, onboard serial 2, game port; disabled. I've fdisked & fdisk/mbr a number of times. I even did a low-level format--still no go. Tried an install from CD Rom as well as from \I386, ALL TIMES it hangs. I've tried install of both FAT 32 and NT--same problem, system hangs on install usually at the 39 minute mark. I don't know what more I can disconnect or disable.

SYS:

950 Mhz AMD
256 PC 133
10 GB WD
Award Bios v6.00PG
Chipset M805LR
MB PCChips which I think the OEM is ECS.
No Bios update found on site--if that is the prob.

If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it--.


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Response Number 7
Name: karl douglass
Date: December 13, 2001 at 13:24:39 Pacific
Reply:

try flashing the bios of the graphics card to the latest version that supports winxp... it worked for me

karl


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