Re: Cannot Install Windows Xp On Formatted Drive
From: doglover (doglover_at_epix.net)
Date: 04/08/04
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:17:14 -0400
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:03:24 -0400, "Tom Barclay"
<nospamplease@thisplace.edu> wrote:
>As someone else suggested previously, you probably flashed with a BIOS
>update that was not the correct one for your motherboard. If you flashed
>with the wrong BIOS update, then no amount of reformatting or reinstalling
>Windows is going to make any difference. It just won't work. You have to
>find the correct BIOS update for your motherboard. Go to Tyan's website and
>find and download the correct FlashBIOS file, and try flashing again. If
>your last attempt to flash with the wrong BIOS has fried your system, then
>the best cost efficient option would be to replace the motherboard (and
>CPU), considering the age of your present board.
>
>"doglover" <doglover@epix.net> wrote in message
>news:3ir670hrckt0eb64oniuoid2caukr6116j@4ax.com...
>> Really screwy. I flashed my bios per the instructions form a disk I
>> purchased. I flashed it and everything said fine. Windowes then booted
>> only as far as Windows XP Home screen with the green running line in
>> it and that was it. i tried everything and finally ran fdisk,
>> reformatted drive and now trying to install Windows again.
>>
>> Now that hangs. I get as far as all the device drivers go in and when
>> the screen still blue says starting windows..hangs there. Three times
>> so far. Only error reported after flash was a I/O error on 2FE8 serial
>> port I believe. Hiot to resume which I did. I tried to go into bios
>> and change it and I can get rid of that message but nevertheless it
>> doesn't change the fact on n on install or even before the non working
>> Windows. What can i do or what can it be. The drive before was NFTS
>> and nit is a Phoenix flashable bios from dated orginally 1998 to flash
>> of Feb, 2004. It had 98 and then Me and I added 3 hard drives and 512
>> megs of mem since then. It is a Tyan BX 440 motherboard with Intel
>> chipset. Nick
>
The upgrade was bought not downloaded from a company supposedly in
business for 15 years. I won't name them yet. Since this post I have
contacted them and rest assured they swear it is the right one. I
tried varous bios settings and tricks from them and it got worse. Now
all it does is beeps and nothing on screen. I have taken the
motherboard out to be shipped to them which they claim they can get it
going and not over phone. I have no choice wither way having inveed
the add on myself and for the flash upgrade, They broke it with their
flash and recommendations. Let them fix it or else. Do you agree. I
tried almost all suggestions before the fact of this. Nick
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