Clean XP Pro install fail

[TNorris]

I have built a new desktop: Intel D975XBX Bad Axe 304 with v 0618 BIOS;
E6600 Processor; 2 GB Team Xtreme memory; Gigabyte GeForce 7900 GT PCI-E
video card; Seagate 320GB HD; Antec Truepower 2.0 PS; FD drive that was
working on previous machine.

BIOS setup recognizes everything correctly. But when I use the Win XP Pro
(no SP 1 or 2, will have to inst later) original CD and try to install Win
XP, I get past where Win install is loading files, I get the message Setup
is starting windows system and then get a blue screen with the following
error:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this STOP error screen, restart your
computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk spare. If a driver is identified in
the STOP message, disable the driver or check with manufacturer for driver
updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory
options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to
remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select
advanced startup options and then select safe mode.

Technical Info: Stop: 0X0000007E (0X-0000005, 0XF748E0BF, OX-F78DA208,
0XF78D9F08)

PCI.sys - address F748E0BF base at F7487000, Date Stamp 3b7d855c

I seem to remember from somewhere that the D975XBX 304 with 0618 and early
BIOS would not support the 7900 GT PCI-E video card (need to upgrade BIOS),
so I thought that might be my problem. I then robbed a Matrox video PCI
video card from a Wiin 98 machine and tried Win XP install but got same
error as above. I'm thinking, according to KB 330181 that the old Matrox
PCI card is not supported by Win XP? So, neither video card is supported
and I'm dead in the water?

I have tried to upgrade the BIOS from a floppy but having never done it, I
don't think I know what I'm doing?? I get the following errors:
Intel boot agent GE v 1.2.28
Intel boot agent PXE base code (PXE 2.1 build 084)
PXE-E61: media test failure, ck cable
PXE- MOF: Exiting Intel boot agent
No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key

I thought the boot disk would boot up like the old DOS machines and have
what it needed on the floppy to do its duty? Can I upgrade the BIOS if the
new 320GB HD is not formatted?

Thanks for any help you can give me...

 

[Guest]

Go to intel site,downloads,MBs,locate youre board,download the BIOS update,
load the update to a MS-DOS formated floppy,set the BIOS to boot to floppy,
install the update.But w/o the update you should be able to install xp,set
the
cdrom as 1st boot device,set youre hd as 2nd.If youre hd has xp installed
from
other machine,then at xp cd boot menu select,install xp,new install,delete
the
partition (xp),create one,then xp formats and does a clean install..

 

[TNorris]

Thanks Andrew E
I will try again formatting and loading the BIOS files on a floppy, then
boot from floppy (it's very possible I didn't get it formatted correctly).
However, using the Win XP CD-rom, I can get the Windows install CD to run
but I never get to the CD Boot menu, it first goes "Windows Setup" > "Setup
is loading files" (I see a whole bunch of filenames loading at the bottom of
screen) > "Setup is starting Windows system" - which is where I think I
should get the menu of options to select "New Install, etc." but apparently
at this point the screen goes black and then the blue screen comes with the
error "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer..." It's like Windows setup is, at this point,
trying to switch drivers and go to a different driver for the LCD monitor?
Thanks

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have built a new desktop: Intel D975XBX Bad Axe 304 with v 0618 BIOS;
E6600 Processor; 2 GB Team Xtreme memory; Gigabyte GeForce 7900 GT PCI-E
video card; Seagate 320GB HD; Antec Truepower 2.0 PS; FD drive that was
working on previous machine.

BIOS setup recognizes everything correctly. But when I use the Win XP Pro
(no SP 1 or 2, will have to inst later) original CD and try to install Win
XP, I get past where Win install is loading files, I get the message Setup
is starting windows system and then get a blue screen with the following
error:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this STOP error screen, restart your
computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk spare. If a driver is identified
in the STOP message, disable the driver or check with manufacturer for
driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory
options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to
remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select
advanced startup options and then select safe mode.

Technical Info: Stop: 0X0000007E (0X-0000005, 0XF748E0BF, OX-F78DA208,
0XF78D9F08)

PCI.sys - address F748E0BF base at F7487000, Date Stamp 3b7d855c

I seem to remember from somewhere that the D975XBX 304 with 0618 and early
BIOS would not support the 7900 GT PCI-E video card (need to upgrade
BIOS), so I thought that might be my problem. I then robbed a Matrox
video PCI video card from a Wiin 98 machine and tried Win XP install but
got same error as above. I'm thinking, according to KB 330181 that the
old Matrox PCI card is not supported by Win XP? So, neither video card is
supported and I'm dead in the water?

What is the Matrox card model? Swap in a card you know to be good and to
work with XP.

I have tried to upgrade the BIOS from a floppy but having never done it, I
don't think I know what I'm doing?? I get the following errors:
Intel boot agent GE v 1.2.28
Intel boot agent PXE base code (PXE 2.1 build 084)
PXE-E61: media test failure, ck cable
PXE- MOF: Exiting Intel boot agent
No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key

This message means that you have it set to boot from network, not floppy.

I thought the boot disk would boot up like the old DOS machines and have
what it needed on the floppy to do its duty? Can I upgrade the BIOS if
the new 320GB HD is not formatted?

Thanks for any help you can give me...

So, the drive is empty and Setup is crashing almost right away? This almost
certainly means hardware failure, misconfiguration or incompatibility,
including memory and BIOS.

You should be able to flash update the BIOS from floppy with the correct
utility from the manufacturer and if you set the system to boot from floppy
first, which it apparently isn't now. Also, power interruptions during the
flash update process can permanently damage the system, so attach it to a
UPS first.

HTH
-pk

 

[TNorris]

Thanks Patrick
Had a bad floppy drive cable and it appears that with this hardware and BIOS
version I must use Win XP Pro with SP2 to install (that got me past the
pci.sys error).
Thanks again!