URGENT HELP! SP2 setup causes scsiport.sys bluescreen

[CJSnet]

Hi, I am having problems with my father's machine, which he relies on
heavily so appreciate any speedy solutions.

I had installed WinXP SP2 beta on his machine, and although I forget the
exact build, it was one of the later ones however did not support updating
to the RTM version - unless you booted from a slipstreamed CD and performed
the update from there (via the Repair option).

This would normally work fine but for some reason after setup has been
running from the 39 minute mark for a short time, it switches to a BSOD
error screen saying PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and citing SCSIPORT.SYS as
the culprit.

The PC doesn't have any SCSI port, the RAM isn't faulty as it worked fine up
until this reboot which strongly points towards a SP2 issue, I have disabled
all caching in the BIOS and rebooted several times. Each time the same
thing happens.

Any ideas how I can get setup to run whilst skipping this driver, or how
else I can bypass it?
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Thanks.

CJSnet

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[PA Bear]

Is the machine a laptop?

Did you check the website of the machine's manufacturer for updates,
specifically BIOS and/or SP2-specific updates?

Did you uninstall the RC build before installing RTM?
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[CJSnet]

Hi, it's a desktop, generic in make but I will look at the BIOS updates for
the MB.

Didn't uninstall the RC I have to admit, however it was working just fine so
I couldn't foresee any problems there with a simple update.

Anyone else any other ideas if the BIOS doesn't work?
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CJSnet

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[PA Bear]

While RTM is supposedly installable over some later RC2 builds, your best
chance for joy is to uninstall all beta builds before installing RTM. Since
it's a desktop PC, CrystalBall© sez this, more than updates, would be your
best bet.

 

[CJSnet]

Thanks. Any idea how to get back to a working installation, as Setup now
seems to have been started and cannot be stopped upon a reboot?
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CJSnet

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[CJSnet]

Well, I've managed to cancel Setup and return to the original install. I'll
try to remove SP2 first, or try a normal Update instead of Repair, and see.
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CJSnet

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[Robin Walker]

for some reason after setup has been running from the 39 minute mark for a
short time, it switches to a BSOD error screen saying
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and citing SCSIPORT.SYS as the culprit.

The PC doesn't have any SCSI port

Although the PC might not have a SCSI port, many virtual-CD applications
work by making virtual SCSI ports. So try uninstalling anything like
Alcohol, Nero, Daemon Tools. Or any other applications that might make
virtual SCSI ports.

 

[CJSnet]

The solution to this was to run the SP2 update from within windows itself -
turns out I didn't need to use the boot CD Repair way after all.
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CJSnet

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