Re: Attempting Partition Reinstallation of Windows... freezes at rando

The swap of a power supply, or the addition of RAM should not affect what
you're attempting.
The video card will.

This is assuming that the RAM added is configured properly, and works well
with what is already onboard.
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Jonny
"Aaron_B" <Aaron_B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello, I'm hoping I may get some help with this problem here. (Forgive the
long post, I just want to explain the entire situation)

I have been trying to reformat my HDD and re-install Windows XP Home from
a
factory partition on my eMachines T6212. On boot I enter the reformat menu
"PC Angel" and select the option to erase HDD contents, and reinstall
everything to factory status. It runs through it's initial process fine,
and
soon a dialog box prompst me to click the restart button. When the
computer
reboots I am greeted by the Windows XP installation screen, and it soon
begins "detecting and installing devices such as your keyboard and mouse"
Where it tells you the screen may flicker, well, it hardly flickers,
instead
it locks up completely. I've tried leaving it on for several hours... it
remains on the locked screen. I've even tried a hard reboot, it seemed to
continue where it left off, until it moves a few more items down the list,
and promptly freezes again.

Another problem is that the computer had Windows XP factory installed, so
there were no Windows discs with it.

Could it be a problem caused by hardware I have installed in the computer?
So far, the only things that have been done are a new 500watt power
supply, 1
additional GB of Corsair RAM, and an ATI Radeon x1600 Pro 512MB graphics
card. This setup worked fine for about 2 weeks, when one day I boot up,
and
discover that my browser, windows, and application audio is completely
gone.
I searched for a fix on the Macromedia forums (first thing I noticed was
that
flash applications had no audio), tried several solutions... to no avail,
so
I think I can just reformat. Apperently not. I am completely dumfounded
with
this... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.


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