@WorldLibrary The Motherboard diden't come with a Driver disc. However that has nothing to do with my problem, since the Hardrive has been Formatted and the problems here are during Windows installation in which case the driver disc is not applicable. ----- I have tried sending an Email to the Technical support group of the Motherboard manafacturer ... but it returned -Unknown adress - User Unknown - Rejecting' As a last resort i will reseat and/or swap out some Ram Modules, although they were 100 percent working prior to Format. Its certain they won't have any effect on the Logo Test messages i am seeing .. so it really is fruitless to try it.

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All those messages mean is that the vendor of the board has not gone through the process of certifying the drivers. I think that requires payment to MSoft. The lack of certification by itself doesn't mean the drivers are no good. Look at things like BIOS settings. The RAM you mentioned may have aggressive timings by default. If so, you need to manually adjust them. Now, back to the hardware devices. You should be able to download ALL the drivers for that board along with the manual. The proper method when getting the installing messages is to hit escape and bypass that installation. WinXP is trying to apply the bast driver it has available. That may or may not be good. Best to use the drivers supplied by the vendor instead. If you can't stop WinXP from installing then you can still apply the correct drivers. That should be done as soon as possible. If your WinXP CD doesn't have the latest service pack integrated the disk may be as much as 8 years behind the current hardware. Even with SP3 there is hardware WinXP can't properly configure. That is why the vendors supply drivers. You expect too much from Windows.

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@OtheHill So what you're saying is my Slipstreamed sp2 XP Disc is too old for this 3 year old Motherboard and lacks the most primitive drivers like USB 2.0 and HID compliant mouse? And you don't actually know why i am getting Logo test Failure on almost every component on the Motherboard ? Even a Normal OEM 6 year old XP disc can install on current hardware with no problems ... and not disable vital components neccessary to complete the installation of windows. Besides not actually paying attention to the problem at hand, that information was totally useless. Please refrain from posting more Giberish into this thread, thanks.

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Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. I couldn't find a link to the model you posted originally but the 1333 indicates the board is running a recent Intel chipset. SP2 was released in August 2004. The chipset and probably many other components were not in production then. How can you expect WinXP SP2 to configure the hardware? If you download SIW.exe standalone version you should be able to identify the chipset, and other hardware in order to get the proper drivers. In addition to all that your slipstreamed CD or drive may not be up to snuff. The fact that you swapped out the drive and got different results could indicate a disk that is marginal. As far as my information being totally useless that may be true. If you don't know what to do with it then it is useless to you. Rant some more and see where that gets you.

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@Othehill I do appologise for my negative comments in my last post, was one of those (Pull your hair out) days for me. I realise that you were only trying to help me ... i just got the impression that you were spoon feeding me information i already know, and were insinuating i was Neophyte to expect this to work. The (You expect too much from Windows) part really bugged me, not exactly sure if it was a derogatory comment, but it felt like it. At any rate, no hard feelings mate. :) PS: i'm throwing that Board in the trash, but only after i beat it with a stick a few times and cook the Capacitors until they scream. :P

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spacejunk You are partially correct in you assessment. I usually take the course that the poster is a newby and try to feel them out by making suggestions and waiting for a reply. That usually shows up skill levels and then the subsequent responses can be more technical. Sometimes it is hard to get a handle on that skill level. Your statement indicated to me that you felt WinXPsp2 should be able to install any necessary hardware drivers. That was the basis of my comment. Sounds like a misunderstanding all the way around. Also sounds like a really sh*tty board with no driver disk to boot. When Google can't produce a single hit other than your post then you know you have an obscure piece of hardware. Well anyway no hard feelings here. BTW, that board is probably a re-branded board. If you haven't destroyed it yet you may be able to find the maker by tracking any numbers on it. Depends on your tolerance levels.

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