install freezes during setup

[paul]

half way during 'installing devices' screen, the install
freezes, ive tried 2 new 2kpro disks, a copy of a 2kpro
disk, changed the mobo out, swapped out ram, swapped out
the hd, swapped out the optical drive, disconnected all
but the optical drive and hd (integrated vid), swapped out
the power supply and the processor. i can install xp and
98se ok. im truely baffeled. ive checed the mobo to make
sure ive used the right ram and cpu. any help will be
greatly appreciated

kingston 256 pc2700
maxtor 40gig 7200
pioneer 16x dvd
amd athlon 1800+
msi k7n2gm-l
mustang 350watt
foxxconn case
mitsumi floppy
linksys lne100tx (2 nics)

 

[Dave Patrick]

You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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:
| half way during 'installing devices' screen, the install
| freezes, ive tried 2 new 2kpro disks, a copy of a 2kpro
| disk, changed the mobo out, swapped out ram, swapped out
| the hd, swapped out the optical drive, disconnected all
| but the optical drive and hd (integrated vid), swapped out
| the power supply and the processor. i can install xp and
| 98se ok. im truely baffeled. ive checed the mobo to make
| sure ive used the right ram and cpu. any help will be
| greatly appreciated
|
| kingston 256 pc2700
| maxtor 40gig 7200
| pioneer 16x dvd
| amd athlon 1800+
| msi k7n2gm-l
| mustang 350watt
| foxxconn case
| mitsumi floppy
| linksys lne100tx (2 nics)

 

[SaltPeter]

half way during 'installing devices' screen, the install
freezes, ive tried 2 new 2kpro disks, a copy of a 2kpro
disk, changed the mobo out, swapped out ram, swapped out
the hd, swapped out the optical drive, disconnected all
but the optical drive and hd (integrated vid), swapped out
the power supply and the processor. i can install xp and
98se ok. im truely baffeled. ive checed the mobo to make
sure ive used the right ram and cpu. any help will be
greatly appreciated

kingston 256 pc2700
maxtor 40gig 7200
pioneer 16x dvd
amd athlon 1800+
msi k7n2gm-l
mustang 350watt
foxxconn case
mitsumi floppy
linksys lne100tx (2 nics)

Read the documentation for a W2K setup. I'm not trying to blast you, its
just that this is asked often and a compatibility check is required before
any W2K upgrade or install. I've found from past experience that
underclocking the AMD and flashing the bios allows the installation to
complete. Also, since it sounds like u are using an onboard video adapter,
you should verify that a driver is available to support W2K. Otherwise,
you'll just be waisting time.

Again, the compatibility verification is an integral part of a W2K
installation. There are also other issues like whether your motherboard has
a mbr virus checker and whether its disabled during install.

If you have a 32 bit OS running, execute "winnt32 /checkupgradeonly" to get
both ACPI detection information about bios, a hardware compatibility check
and a software compatibility check.