Re: Dual Boot Config with new CPU won't boot with XP SP2 but will boot wth Win98 SE

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"Jack Bauer" <JROlivier4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Recently I attempted to upgrade an AMD XP 266 cpu with a 2700 333 bus
> version. on a system running a dual-boot config of both Win98 SE and WinXP
> system with a Soyo SY-K7VME motherboard. The motherboard supports the CPU
> with the proper jumper setting.
>
> The system boots up in Win98 fine, but restarts itself when attempting to
> boot in XP. The same occurs when attempting to boot in Safe Mode.
>
> The Soyo board recognizes the CPU fine, although I ended up updating the
> BIOS for the hell of it, but to no avail.
>
> The pc is using one hard drive that's partitioned in half, w/ the C
> partition - win98 and the D partition WinXP, although the boot.ini file is
> on the C root drive. I used Partition Magic to create the D partition.
>
> When bypassing the GUI screen on WIN XP boot, the last driver listed as
> loading is the ' mup.sys ' driver, and then the system is restarted. When
I
> disable the 'restart' option, I get a blue screen w/ the following
message:
> -------------
> STOP: C000021a {fatal system error}
> The unhandled exception in session manager system process terminated
> unexpectedly with a status of 0XC0000005 (0X7C9301C4 0X0015FB30)
> The system has been shut down.
> --------------
>
> For the hell of it, I renamed the ' mup.sys ' file and copied one from a
> system with the same components, but to no avail. I don't really want to
> mess with my WINXP configuration if I don't have to, so I decided not to
run
> the system recovery. In the meantime, I put back the original processor
and
> WIN XP boots up fine.
>
> Anybody have any clues what is causing the problem ? Any suggestions would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> JROlivier4@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>


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