XP pro installation problems with new PC

I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
floppy drive).
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?

any input is much appreciated


Phil

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
<**@**.com> wrote :

>I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
>drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
>floppy drive).
>All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
>with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
>When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
>PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
>enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
>the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
>agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
>screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
>press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
>again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
>
>what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?
>
>any input is much appreciated
>
>
>Phil
>

Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
correctly.
1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
separately in each slot?



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"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
> <**@**.com> wrote :
>
> >I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
> >drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has
no
> >floppy drive).
> >All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
nicley
> >with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
> >When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
> >PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and
only
> >enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to
insert
> >the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
> >agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
> >screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there)
and
> >press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
> >again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
> >
> >what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows
cd?
> >
> >any input is much appreciated
> >
> >
> >Phil
> >
>
> Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
> correctly.
> 1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
> separately in each slot?
>
>
>
> --

i only have the one stick of RAM, should I take everything out and put it in
again?

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:08:22 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
<**@**.com> wrote :

>
>"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
>news:6s5160purjnr25ftve4bumtrfj3t3romdd@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
>> <**@**.com> wrote :
>>
>> >I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
>> >drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has
>no
>> >floppy drive).
>> >All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
>nicley
>> >with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
>> >When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
>> >PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and
>only
>> >enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to
>insert
>> >the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
>> >agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
>> >screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there)
>and
>> >press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
>> >again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
>> >
>> >what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows
>cd?
>> >
>> >any input is much appreciated
>> >
>> >
>> >Phil
>> >
>>
>> Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
>> correctly.
>> 1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
>> separately in each slot?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>
>i only have the one stick of RAM, should I take everything out and put it in
>again?
>

I would and be super careful and only use the bare minimum devices e.g
1 hard drive.1 CD etc,nothing fancy.Also in the BIOS if you have no
floppy disable the boot floppy seek if that is an option e.g tell the
BIOS that there is no floppy.
If the BIOS has a boot block anti-virus option disable that
as well.Most modern BIOS have taken them out as most O/S have to
modify the boot area of the hard drive.Double check all connections
and jumper settings are correct.I've even had a system fail to boot or
install an O/s because of a faulty mouse cable!!



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"OO-" <**@**.com> wrote in message news:c3q44a$d39$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
> drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
> floppy drive).
> All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
nicley
> with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
> When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
> PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
> enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
> the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
> agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
> screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there)
and
> press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
> again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
>
> what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?
>
> any input is much appreciated
>
>
I just purchased a new (sealed) Win XP Home OEM to install on a new system I
assembled for a customer. Win install frooze at the first "Windows setup"
screen. No error message, nothing. I exchanged the CD and tried again with
the new one. Everything went perfectly.
The salesman told me they had actually 1 defective CD return on 5 !!!
Don't know what's happening at Microsoft...

"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:kd7160d37244v3rqjbmkmk27ld6njjh5fo@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:08:22 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
> <**@**.com> wrote :
>
> >
> >"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> >news:6s5160purjnr25ftve4bumtrfj3t3romdd@4ax.com...
> >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000 Letting slip the dogs of war "OO-"
> >> <**@**.com> wrote :
> >>
> >> >I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb
hard
> >> >drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system
has
> >no
> >> >floppy drive).
> >> >All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
> >nicley
> >> >with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
> >> >When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave
and
> >> >PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and
> >only
> >> >enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to
> >insert
> >> >the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install.
After I
> >> >agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get
another
> >> >screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i
there)
> >and
> >> >press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes
back
> >> >again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
> >> >
> >> >what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows
> >cd?
> >> >
> >> >any input is much appreciated
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Phil
> >> >
> >>
> >> Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
> >> correctly.
> >> 1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
> >> separately in each slot?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >
> >i only have the one stick of RAM, should I take everything out and put it
in
> >again?
> >
>
> I would and be super careful and only use the bare minimum devices e.g
> 1 hard drive.1 CD etc,nothing fancy.Also in the BIOS if you have no
> floppy disable the boot floppy seek if that is an option e.g tell the
> BIOS that there is no floppy.

already done this.

> If the BIOS has a boot block anti-virus option disable that
> as well.Most modern BIOS have taken them out as most O/S have to
> modify the boot area of the hard drive.

good plan, i'll have a go at this.

Double check all connections
> and jumper settings are correct.I've even had a system fail to boot or
> install an O/s because of a faulty mouse cable!!
>
>
>

thanks

I'll keep you posted on the results.

Phil

OO- wrote:
> I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb
> hard drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this
> system has no floppy drive).
> All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
> nicley with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
> When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave
> and PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot,
> and only enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it
> asks to insert the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts
> to install. After I agree install XP and agree with ther terms and
> conditions I get another screen that tells me to insert the windows
> CD (which is already i there) and press enter, so I press enter, it
> goes away for a while then comes back again. No matter what i do this
> is as far as I can get.
>
> what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the
> windows cd?
>
> any input is much appreciated

Try with the HDD as primary master and the DVD as secondary master. They
might as well be on seperate channels anyway.
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:34:46 GMT, "ElJerid"
<s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@pandora.be> wrote:

>

>Don't know what's happening at Microsoft...

After you're richer than god you tend to not give a damn?

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000, "OO-" <**@**.com> wrote:

>I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
>drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
>floppy drive).

What does NB mean?

>All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
>with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
>When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
>PCI settings.

Try putting the dvd on the secondary controller...appropriate jumper
settings.

>So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
>enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
>the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
>agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
>screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
>press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
>again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.
>
>what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?

I'd guess its a combination of the dvdrw and the cd.

Try the controller switch first. If that doesn't work, temporarily
put a cdrom in the machine in place of the dvd.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

Trent© wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000, "OO-" <**@**.com> wrote:
>
>> I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb
>> hard drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this
>> system has no floppy drive).
>
> What does NB mean?

It's short for some Latin term which means "Be aware".
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