Re: Spontaneous reboot during Win2k "repair" setup

"Rachael Beale" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just replaced the motherboard and processor in my aged
> desktop PC:
>
> - 1Ghz PIII
> - Intel D815EEA2 mobo
> - 512MB Kingston RAM
> - unknown but previously reliable CD-ROM and floppy drives
> - Quantum Fireball 10G HD
>
> I booted up from my Win2k CD, chose "Install", and then
> "Repair" when
> the system detected the existing installation. This portion of
> setup
> seemed to run fine.
>
> The system rebooted into the graphical bit of the setup
> process. It
> now gets to the screen where Windows detects attached devices.
> Every
> time, the progress bar gets about 2/3rds of the way across and
> the
> machine spontaneously reboots (no warning, no error message).
>
> - I've tried disabling all the APM options in the BIOS, and
> checking
> all the connections on attached devices.
> - I've tried using an ATI graphics card rather than the
> on-board video.
> - It doesn't seem to be the processor overheating, as the
> machine was
> running a lot longer during the non-graphical segment of setup
> without
> any problems, and although I don't have a temperature sensor,
> the
> heatsink isn't hot to the touch.
>
> I *haven't* upgraded the BIOS to the latest release as yet, as
> I'm not
> very confident messing with the BIOS.
>
> I've read somewhere that ACPI can cause problems with this
> portion of
> the setup process, but there are no options for completely
> disabling
> ACPI in the BIOS - I can only change the suspend state (S1 or
> S3) and
> the Wake-on-LAN settings.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for other things I could try?
> What's
> the minimum config I can get away with in terms of attached
> devices
> (in case this helps at all)?
>
> Advice gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rachael

Normally, two thirds of the way through is the graphics card.

What is the partition format? NTFS or FAT32? If you can boot to DOS,
and know what the driver file is for the video card, delete it - do
the same for the ati ones if they exist as well.

This will stop the system loading the old drivers for the video cards
that were on the system prior to the upgrade. As they no longer
exist, it should stop the system from failing and allow it to detect
it?s new hardware correctly.

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