Re: Blue screen when trying to install XP.

From: Kevin (webman6_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:16:54 -0800

Sounds like a hardware issue. The problem is you've got about a dozen
pieces of hardware, drives, controllers, memory, cables and so on that could
be causing this problem. You are booting from the XP disk with your CD
drive being the first boot device?

"OM" <om.newsgroup@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109300952.698235.213470@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've got brand new parts for everything: quality Asus SATA motherboard,
> SATA hard disk, Kingston memory.
>
> I'm trying to boot up and istall XP.
> It loads up...
> And somewhere along the line, I get the bluescreen.
>
> I think I'm right in saying that it crashes when leaving the DOS mode
> and goes into full Windows XP mode: this is when I get the error.
>
> What could be causing the problem?
> This happens everytime.
> What should I check/look out for?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> OM
>

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