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I bought a used AMD XP2800 CPU and installed it in a perfectly running system
that had a XP2200 CPU running Windows XP Pro. There are no issues with the
motherboard being able to handle the XP2800. My first problem was that
Windows wouldn't start, which I kinda expected due to the CPU change. After
trying everything I could think of to get XP to start, I decided my only
alternative at this point was to install XP on another hard drive thinking I
would just transfer my settings and folders later from the original hard
drive. What I didn't expect is that in the process of trying to install XP,
when it gets to the part where it says "Setup is Starting Windows" nothing
else happens...the system just stops doing anything.
I tried everything in my power to try to fix or bypass whatever was causing
this to happen with no success. After thinking about it some more, I
recalled seeing some writing on the CPU with a permanent marker. I think it
was a company name and some other numbers/letters that didn't mean anything
to me at the time. I have never had windows setup do this before and have
been racking my brain to try to figure it out. The only thing I've come up
with is that maybe the CPU was somehow specially configured or altered to the
point that it stops windows setup like this because something in my system
doesn't match whatever it was altered for.
I don't even know if this is possible but I can't think of anything else
because there is no other apparent reason for this to be happening. I have
tried every available configuration in BIOS setup and the CPU shows to be
correct in the boot sequence. I have run Maxtor Maxblast and and tried
formatting with it before install but no success. Also tried other HDDs.
Can anyone please help me? Thanks
that had a XP2200 CPU running Windows XP Pro. There are no issues with the
motherboard being able to handle the XP2800. My first problem was that
Windows wouldn't start, which I kinda expected due to the CPU change. After
trying everything I could think of to get XP to start, I decided my only
alternative at this point was to install XP on another hard drive thinking I
would just transfer my settings and folders later from the original hard
drive. What I didn't expect is that in the process of trying to install XP,
when it gets to the part where it says "Setup is Starting Windows" nothing
else happens...the system just stops doing anything.
I tried everything in my power to try to fix or bypass whatever was causing
this to happen with no success. After thinking about it some more, I
recalled seeing some writing on the CPU with a permanent marker. I think it
was a company name and some other numbers/letters that didn't mean anything
to me at the time. I have never had windows setup do this before and have
been racking my brain to try to figure it out. The only thing I've come up
with is that maybe the CPU was somehow specially configured or altered to the
point that it stops windows setup like this because something in my system
doesn't match whatever it was altered for.
I don't even know if this is possible but I can't think of anything else
because there is no other apparent reason for this to be happening. I have
tried every available configuration in BIOS setup and the CPU shows to be
correct in the boot sequence. I have run Maxtor Maxblast and and tried
formatting with it before install but no success. Also tried other HDDs.
Can anyone please help me? Thanks