Re: SP 2 compatibility problem

Reseat all cards and cables.
Are memory sticks identical?
Do you have multiple memory sticks?
If so, remove one making sure to stay above Windows XP minimum of 64 mb.
Try other combinations of your memory.

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"rogval" <rogval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have done all of that!! I've even got me a guy over at the abit forum
>that
> has been tagging along with me through this whole thing and there is
> nothing
> that seems to be pointing directly at a specific problem!! Like I said
> before...It runs slick as a whistle in SP 1, but I can't even get safe
> mode
> stable long enough to uninstall SP 2!! There is nothing in the computer
> but
> the agp video card...and ofcourse the optical drives and the hard drive.
> I
> have disabled the sata raid on the motherboard, since i'm still running
> ide,
> and i've also disabled the onboard sound. I've even made a slipstream
> disc,
> but when I use that...I get to the point of installing the network, and
> then
> it ask you if you want typical or custom settings, so I choose
> typical...then
> about 1 minute after that I get a bunch of repeated errors that it cannot
> find such and such file...or it is corrupt, etc., so Ok all of those and
> then
> I get th BSOD (different explanation every time) and were back to square
> one!!
>
> I went out and bought me a 450watt psu hoping that would fix the problem,
> but it didn't. Below is my current configuration...
>
> 450watt psu
> abit Kv7-v mobo w/sempron 3000
> nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 64mb
> aopen dl dvd burner
> generic dvd rom
> Maxtor 40gig hard drive
> 2x128 spectek pc2100 ddr (overclocked to 333) overclocked or not no SP2
>
> Correct me if i'm wrong...but if you install from a slipstream cd...there
> shouldn't be any driver conflicts...since you can't install them until
> windows is up and running.
>
> also...acouple of times out of the many times i've reinstalled
> windows...the
> BSOD says....memory management. I've run MEMTEST 86+ for several passes
> and
> everything passes with flying colors. Even with the memory overclocked!!
> I've also ran the Maxtor Powermax Diagnostic utility and that was ok too!!
>
> I'm hoping someone has some more ideas!!
>
> Thanks
> Roger
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> rogval wrote:
>>
>> > I was hoping that someone could explain to me, how SP2 can have
>> > compatibility
>> > issues when the ONLY thing on there is Windows XP SP1, NOTHING
>> > ELSE!!!!
>> >
>> > It works great until I install SP2, then it crashes and reboots
>> > repeatedy!!
>> > Sometimes I get the BSOD and sometimes not. One of the BSOD's told me
>> > the
>> > NTFS file system was corrupt. This is about the third or fourth time
>> > in the last three days that I have had to reinstall from the XP disk.
>> >
>> > I recently updated my mobo and cpu to an abit K7v-V w/ a sempron 3000,
>> > so
>> > naturally when I did that I did a repair install. That being the
>> > case, I had
>> > to reinstall SP2. Forgot to turn the Norton off. Did a new clean
>> > install,
>> > Installed SP2, and it screwed up again. and ofcourse it couldn't be
>> > as
>> > simple as doing a system restore!! Because IF I could get into safe
>> > mode
>> > then the system restore is just as unstable as anything else. To make
>> > a long story short....The only thing that gets the machine back in
>> > order is a new
>> > clean install. It runs great until I install SP2, and I had SP2
>> > before I chose to upgrade my comp, and it worked great with everything
>> > on the comp.(about 20gig worth)
>> >
>> > Thank You
>> > Roger
>>
>> Hardware. Drivers. Check on the m/b mftr.'s site for mobo drivers. Check
>> for updated drivers for other hardware devices. Look in Event Viewer to
>> see if you can find clues as to what is failing.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
>> The world is diminished without him.
>>


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