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From: TJ (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:04:56 -0700

After replacing a motherboard, my friend's PC freezes up
after it's start. I formatted it's HDD and installed WinXP
Pro from scratch. When I tried to install the OS I run
into a stop error: unmountable_boot_volume. I found the
solution under Q297185. The problem was: the BIOS settings
were configured to force the faster UDMA modes. And I had
to disable UDMA mode for the HDD and the installation went
thru. After the installation I can log into the windows,
but what ever I try to do it freezes on me, no pattern,
when I go to start/programs or open control panel or close
start up programs at the system tray... I even cannot
check the event log to see what is causing the problem,
halfway to that it freezes. Here're some system info that
might helpfull to you.

Motherboard: DFI CA64-TC
CPU: Intel Celeron 700Mhz
HDD: Samsung 4.3GB / Western Digital 6.4GB
     CYL 13328, 15 heads, 63spt ( I installed XP Pro on
both of them, the same result)
RAM: 2x 64MB SDRAM PentiumII PC-100
Video: VGA Cirrus Logic (it's an old video card, we have 2
of them, the same result)

Please help me to help my friend...

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