windows xp pro setup locks up same spot everytime

Evilone · Post by **Evilone** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:16 pm

im trying to install windows xp on a computer i put together for my dad. everytime i try to install windows xp pro on it, it locks up after it finishes loading the drivers at the beginning of the setup. I have switched out the ram and tried different stick but still does the same thing.

hard drive is wd 36gig rapter(new)
motherboard : EPOX | AMD KT600 EP-8KRAI RTL(new)
cpu: amd xp 2200(1 year old)
ram: some 256mb ram dont' know brand

when it asks for the third party drivers for raid etc, i install the sata drivers that came with the mobo and that all works fine, just stops after it finishes everything else. does anyone know what could be the problem?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:23 pm

Are there any other devices installed, that you might remove simply for the OS setup?

BIOS set to default, then double check boot order for the SATA.

Possibly try to download a newer SATA driver than came on the disk.

Reseat everything.

Ensure that the CPU HSF is running corretly.

Evilone · Post by **Evilone** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:23 pm

switched out the cpu, worked

thanks for the help.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:29 am

You mean you replace the CPU with another one? The first CPU was a bum one?

Evilone · Post by **Evilone** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:40 pm

ya, and i bet thats what was causing that compaq to always go to safemode screen, b/c its the same cpu i put in this new one i built.