Re: Starting Windows 2000 hangs on new install.
From: DL (dl_at_spoofmail.com)
Date: 04/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:48:27 +0100
I've changed mobo's and cpu's on many Win2K setups the only one I had
trouble with was a1.3Duron, and that was an heat problem, even using OTT
coolers - never got to the bottom of it!!
When I mentioned entering the bios I meant was the new cpu being correctly
identified
"Kevin Lawton" <kepla@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c6deah$s2r$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> DL <> wrote:
> | Sorry missed the line about mobo;
> No worries, mate, it was early on in the thread. ;-)
> | With mobo switches on auto, Boots/Runs OK with Duran. - yes?
> Oh yes, yes, yes. I can even play around with the FSB and multiplier
> switches and overclock the Duron 650 up to 897 MHz and it still works
fine.
> Solid processor, that Duron.
> | Matrox drivers installed for win2k? - yes?
> Well, no they weren't. Matrox cards do the standard VESA modes properly so
> they are fine with Windows 'generic VGA card' drivers. I have now tried
> installing the latest Matrox drivers and guess what ? - no change.
> | Change the cpu, restart, enter the bios and check settings, eg cpu.
> I've tried this, with the settings on auto and with the settings forcing
the
> correct FSB and multiplier. I've even tried underclocking the XP2400 a
bit.
> Still no change - works fine in Windows Me and hangs at Windows 2000
> startup.
> | If OK reboot from win2k installation disk ( you may have to enable
> | boot from cd in bios) and repair.
> Tried this and of course the repair installation hangs after the 'Starting
> Windows' progress bar again. Had to swap back to the Duron 650 to get that
> to finish again.
> | Other than that you appear to have covered everything.
> That's what I thought, but there is still a problem. The way things are
> going I might be better off using this PC as landfill and 'cover
everything'
> with concrete !
> | Good luck
> I think I need more than luck - I need a miracle. At least, I could do
with
> some decent diagnostics out of Windows 2000. I don't really want to have
to
> spend the rest of my life trying to edit video on a Duron 650.
> Thanks for the help.
> Kevin.
>
> | "Kevin Lawton" <> wrote in message
> | news:c61h6v$r0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> || Sorry- I though that was known. The motherboard is a Gigabyte
> || GA-7VRXP (I have tried two samples) Rev1.1, as staed in my original
> || post which is still at the foot of this thread. Originally I left
> || the m/board switches for FSB and multiplier in the 'auto' setting,
> || as was the memory bus clock. Since then I've tried slowing things
> || down from 133 MHz to 100 MHz on the FSB (effectively 266 -> 200 due
> || to DDR), and from 166 MHz to 133 MHz then 100 MHz on the memory bus
> || clock (DDR = 333 -> 266 -> 200). Same result every time - problem
> || persists.
> || M/board BIOS is 'F12', which is the latest on the Gigabyte web site.
> || Not too sure what else I can adjust without doing damage.
> || Kevin.
> ||
> || DL <> wrote:
> ||| If I understand correctly;
> ||| Using Duran, win2k installed and booted correctly
> ||| With XP2400 it wouldnt boot ( Win98 is I believe slightly more
> ||| hardware 'fault' tolerant)
> ||| If this is the case might suggest a mobo setting, with this cpu, or
> ||| possibly bios update required.
> ||| What is the mobo?
> |||
> ||| "Kevin Lawton" <kepla@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> ||| news:c60fh8$dc7$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> |||| I'm on about as mininal as the system can go anyway, the only card
> |||| being the Matrix G400 graphics card.
> |||| I've tried swapping every system component individually for a
> |||| replacement - except for the processor (expensive !). The same
> |||| result every time - the system hangs when the 'Starting Windows'
> |||| progress bar completes. With a fresh install, this is as far as I
> |||| can get - the install
> |||| hasn't completed sufficiently to give me any 'recovery' options.
> |||| I did try swapping out the XP2400 processor for an old Duron 650 -
> |||| and it worked fine ! Problem with that is that the Duron 650
> |||| doesn't give enough performance for the video editing I'm planning
> |||| to do.
> |||| After the system was fully working with the Duron 650 I went back
> |||| to the XP2400 and the problem re-emerged just the same. I also
> |||| tried installing Windows Me and that runs on the XP2400 fine, so
> |||| I'm not inclined to blame the processor.
> |||| Could there be something which Windows 2000 is doing with the
> |||| XP2400 which doesn't happen with a different processor or op
> |||| system ?
> |||| I'm really confused with this - any help gratefully appreciated.
> |||| Kevin.
> ||||
> |||| DL <dl@spoofmail.com> wrote:
> ||||| Tried installing to min sys, Monitor, KeyB, mouse,cd - no cards,
> ||||| extra hardware
> ||||| and or with a single DDR?
> |||||
> ||||| "Kevin Lawton" <kepla@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> ||||| news:15bf201c41b60$b9c8a000$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> |||||| I've just installed Windows 2000 onto a new machine and it
> |||||| hangs indefinitely when the 'Starting Windows' progress bar
> |||||| completes. No error messages or re-boots - it just hangs.
> |||||| Machine spec:
> |||||| AMD XP2400 processor,
> |||||| Gigabyte GA-7VRXP m/board,
> |||||| 2 x 256 Mb DDR PC2700 RAM,
> |||||| 330w PSU,
> |||||| Seagate 60 Gb HDD.
> |||||| The m/board, memory and HDD have been swapped-out with no
> |||||| change in result. The system can boot into DOS, from either
> |||||| floppy or HD fine.
> |||||| I think I might have seen similar problems reported before,
> |||||| but don't recall seeing any solution.
> |||||| Please help.
> |||||| Regards,
> |||||| Kevin.
>
>
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