Windows XP Installation Issues

[loafer]

Hi Guys, any thoughts appreciated, I've had a read through as much as I could digest on the forum but don't seem to be having much luck.

 

I have 2 XP CDs both with SP2 slipstreamed, I put the rig together and ran memtest 1.55 for a few hours on one stick in DDR slot 2 (furthest orange) and then on the other stick in the same slot before putting both sticks into the orange slots and attempting to install windows.

 

Installation is fine until it comes to the first attempt the install program makes at getting into windows, here I get BSOD and the system reboots, as I have not been able to get into windows, essentially I cant see what the specific error is.

 

Any thoughts on what to try? Upgrade bios? Change memory settings? I am running a skeleton rig with only mouse and keyb plugged into Ps2 ports.

[kukulcan]

Did you try memtest when both sticks are installed?

 

You could also try putting the memory in the other coloured slots.

[loafer]

Thanks, yes have tried booting with only 1 stick, tried that one stick in each slot and same time I get BSOD on attempting to boot into windows, Ill boot into safe mode and i get same rror it gets through a bunch of files then BSODs, when Im back at home Ill put a note up indicating what the last file loaded is before the crash.

[inquisitor]

What are your temps like, also are you overclocking your system with your Opy? what voltages are you putting through your system?

[loafer]

All at stock at the moment, core at 1.35, ram at 2.6 (have tried vcore at 1.4 and ram at 2.65) neither seem to cure the issue. Would it matter what slot I have my GFX card in? Would you get better results in the 8x slot vs. the 16x ?

 

I find it strange that the windows install works 'fine' but the 'first boot' is a BSOD

[sunnyeagle]

There is list to install and start up on this forum. Follow it very closely. I messed up on one and it screwed up my install. After I found where I missed one, I started over and everything went fine.

[Raphie]

are you running stock?

[loafer]

Yes, no overclock and have tried the bios 'optimized' values ... will do a clear CMOS and follow the guide, I followed most of it, but not every single step, didnt realise this board was that picky ... so will give it a proper shot tonight ! Thx for feedback, anyone with a similar setup as me have any issues? Shouldnt matter that I am installing onto an SATA drive, noticed in the POST, SATA 3/4 are shown prior to SATA 1/2 ... might try putting the raptor in SATA 3 to see if that helps. any other suggestions welcome.

[ganders75]

There are known issues with the slipstream of XP service pack 2 and the nForce4 chipset. Did you slipstream your own installation with the SATA +/or RAID drivers? (haha - might want to be careful how you answer that one ;o) There is a great guide for this here or you could try this one.

 

A quick caveat - I haven't actually tried it myself ;o)

[ginge87]

yea just try a different windows cd, one that isnt slipstreamed and see how u get on there. xp corp will probably do the trick

[madu]

I also got a BSOD while I was in the process of ocing.. cant remember whether I was checking the mem or the cpu.

But the problem is you could go through the installation process right? If it was a memory or cpu problem I'd expect it to show up ealier..

Did the installation take longer.. was there any stalls.. or was it normal?

Do u have any spare hdd that you can try on?

[fariss]

There is a BIOS setting that you can change to halt your system at any error. It will leave the BSOD showing & the error info. I'm not sure of the exact setting though. Something along the lines of Halt on all errors. Sometimes googling the tech info that the BSOD gives you will help. It worked for me once ( a HDD related error).