Re: MCE2005 will not clean install. Help!


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Deep formating C: ~62% done.
Removed sound card, tuner card and on-board firewire (also disabled fw
in BIOS.
Only one SATA HDD for now.
I didn't have to F6 with drivers on a floppy.
Go figure.

Once I've finished the Disc1 and 2 installation I'll run the included
update disc, check that the MS Firewall is on, connect to my router
and off to Windows Update for the rest.

Then one at a time, other HDD, sound and tuner cards.

After that its time to get the Remote Control and Remote keyboard
working.

Thanks all.


On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:41:43 -0400, rflynn_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:49:05 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Did you install the SATA drivers after hitting F6?

Yes.

I used the Asus Make Disk util from the CD to extract the SATA drivers
from the Asus CD.

I used the Asus Make Disk util downloaded from the site to extract the
drivers from the Asus CD.

I copied the SATA drivers from the latest nForce SATA drivers
(nForce4_16_6.85) from my working XP Pro system C: drive.

During F6, where there were two items listed, I made sure to go
back and select the other too so that both items were loaded.
I was careful to make sure the files were copied to the floppy root
directory.

Actually nothing gets installed at the point where the installation
stops.
All the basic files Windows needs to start installing along with the
SATA drivers I furnish show as being loaded (into memory I assume) but
that is where the process just ends.
The next screen I should see is the one to create (partition/format) a
C: drive so Windows has a place to install to.

Whether I furnish SATA drivers or not, I always end up at the same
blue screen with the information bar at the bottom saying "Setup is
starting WindowsXP."

When I installed WinXP Pro SP2 onto a different but identical system,
I didn't have to F6 with drivers and the install went flawlessly.

I have disconnected the SATA and power cable for the second HDD on the
SATA2 port and also some USB hubs I had also connected. Same result.

About the only other things I could try is to dumb the gear down even
more.
I'l try removing the sound and tuner cards and connection to the
on-board firewire port.
Then try the other HDD by itself.
Then try BIOS Setup at default settings.
Aside from throwing the system hard against the wall I can't think of
any thing else to try.

Anyone?



<rflynn_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi:

I am not trying to "install an MCE system on top of, or as an upgrade
to, or in the same partition of another XP installation."

I'm trying to install MCE2005 clean onto a new system with a new
unpartitioned unformatted HDD. For the problem I encountered in
trying to do so, see below.
I tried to give as many relevant details as I could.
Maybe I overdid it.

I mentioned my recent install of WinXP Pro SP2 because it installed
into a separate system with identical gear with no problems at all.
It did not require me to furnish drivers via F6.
I'm using it now to type this.
Runs great.

Its the MCE2005 clean install onto a different but identical system
thats the problem.



On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:00:07 -0700, "JW" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

You can not install an MCE system on top of, or as an upgrade to, or in
the
same partition of another XP installation. It mcut be installed in a
newly
formatted partiion of its own.
Also be sure and install the most current AMD XP X2 driver from the AMD
website since the one on your MCE 2005 install CD may be out of date.

<rflynn_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:th7e32la0mamavien4agpc0o059if4f0nq@xxxxxxxxxx
I cannot get MCE2005 to install.

I'm stuck at the blue "Setup is starting WindowsXP" screen.

I've just built an XP Pro SP2 system with the same motherboard, CPU,
memory, HDDs, floppy drive, PSU, video card and sound card. SATA HDDs
not RAID.

MCE2005 System:
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI X16
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual Core S939 Toledo
HSF: Zalman CNPS9500 LED Copper CPU Heat Sink 92MM Fan
RAM: 2GB (Corsair XMS-3500LL PRO 2GB kit) PC3500 CL2/1T
CASE: Antec P180 mid-tower case w/4 120mm Antec TriCool fans
Drive Bay Fan Controller: Thermaltake Hardcano13 5.25in multi-function
PSU: Enermax Liberty EL620AWT 620W Modular PSU ATX12V v2.2
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1800XT 512MB PCI-E Dual DVI HDTV-OUT
(component & S-video OUT to 36" Sony Wega XBR-400 NTSC HD ready TV).
Tuner card: ATI TV Wonder Elite Theatre 550 PRO PCI
HDD: 2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200RPM 16MB
Burner: BenQ DW1655 Lightscribe DL DVD+RW16X16X8 DVD-RW16X16X4
CDRW48X48X32 DVD Burner Black W/ SW
FDD: Mitsumi
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego DDL 7.1 S/PDIF optical OUT to
Denon AVR-3802 7x110W based HT System
Microsoft Remote Control w/USB receiver OEM for MCE2005.
Mouse/Keyboard: Microsoft Remote Keyboard for WindowsXP MCE
Etc

Note: The MS Remote and Remote keyboard aren't connected yet.
I'm temporarily using an old Logitech PS/2 cordless keyboard and a
Logitech
PS/2 wired mouse until I have the system up and running.
The keyboard works ok. Haven't progressed to a level where a mouse can
be used so I don't yet know if it is ok.
BTW, I'm using component OUT from the ATI video card to the TV and
that works ok.
I adjusted the TV so that I can see everything (including the
instruction bar at the bottom) I'm
supposed to see.

The XP Pro SP2 install went without a hitch. BIOS and XP saw my
drives, no SATA driver floppy needed, I formatted C: during the
install, installed XP and formatted/partitioned the rest later.

Both systems' BIOS settings are identical and its the same bios
version (as shipped).
SATA1 and SATA2 are enabled.
RAID is disabled since I have no desire to run a RAID array.

I had altered the BIOS for the MCE2005 system to use S3 suspend only
but that was the only change.
When I encounterd the problem I changed it back to agree with the XP
Pro BIOS. This wasn't related to the glitch.

If I skip the F6 3rd party driver option as before, the MCE2005
install loads its files but stops at the
blue "Starting WindowsXP" screen. No disk activity.

I tried every flavour of SATA drivers available from Asus' Make Disk
utils.
When I F6, the drivers are taken, loaded but I still get to the same
blue "Starting WindowsXP" screen.
No disk activity.

I also copied the latest nForce SATA drivers (nForce4_16_6.85) from
the XP Pro C: drive. No go.
I combined SATA_IDE and SATA_RAID drivers onto another floppy. Still
no joy.
I was careful to copy files to the root directory of the floppies.

Where I encountered a listing of more than one set of drivers being
available from the F6 routine, I made sure that both would be loaded.

I switched SATA1/2 connections in case there was a problem with the
HDD it was attempting to installed to but got the same result.

The page I get to ... "Setup is starting WindowsXP", makes no sense.
At that point there is no Windows to start.
I'm expecting the page where I create (partition/format) a C: to
extract windows files from the Disc 1 I'm booting to.

Is there something else I should try?

TIA,



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