Unstable Install on new machine, need help

[Guest]

Hi,

I posted here a couple of weeks ago about problems with my old computer
after installing some anti-virus software. It looks like my problems were
probably hardware related, because my computer became ever more unreliable as
I tried to fix things. Last weekend I gave up and bought the components for a
new system.

Deciding to build a Photoshop power house I went with an Asus P5WD2 Premium
mobo that has the 955X chipset. This mobo has everything on board, gbit LAN,
USB, 1394, IDE, SATA and RAID controllers. However I haven't been able to get
Windows XP to behave properly. It keeps restarting for no apparent reason. I
have not been able to complete the SP2 upgrade yet because it ususally
restarts during the download/upgrade process.

When I initially configured the computer, I didn't install all of the
drivers for some of the more advanced mobo features because I wanted a stable
XP install first. I went with just the ITE-xxx ide drivers, the two lan
drivers, and drivers for my GeForce 6600 PCI-E video card. Additionally I
have installed my Adaptec 2940UW scsi adapter (with no devices attached yet)
and the drivers for my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

I'm using the dual core Pentium D at 2.8Ghz, and 2GB of DDR2 533 RAM. I am
just trying to get a basic stable up and running before making use of the
SATA raid features.

Is there something I need to know about installing the 32 bit version of
WinXP on this type of machine? Is there something that needs to be
enabled/disabled before I can get a stable XP instance? Would I encounter
fewer problems if I were to upgrade to the 64-bit version of XP?

I'm kinda desperate for a solution now.

Thanks, Derek

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

But for better results, create a new Windows XP CD
with SP 2 slipstreamed, then install Windows XP.

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Hi,
|
| I posted here a couple of weeks ago about problems with my old computer
| after installing some anti-virus software. It looks like my problems were
| probably hardware related, because my computer became ever more unreliable as
| I tried to fix things. Last weekend I gave up and bought the components for a
| new system.
|
| Deciding to build a Photoshop power house I went with an Asus P5WD2 Premium
| mobo that has the 955X chipset. This mobo has everything on board, gbit LAN,
| USB, 1394, IDE, SATA and RAID controllers. However I haven't been able to get
| Windows XP to behave properly. It keeps restarting for no apparent reason. I
| have not been able to complete the SP2 upgrade yet because it ususally
| restarts during the download/upgrade process.
|
| When I initially configured the computer, I didn't install all of the
| drivers for some of the more advanced mobo features because I wanted a stable
| XP install first. I went with just the ITE-xxx ide drivers, the two lan
| drivers, and drivers for my GeForce 6600 PCI-E video card. Additionally I
| have installed my Adaptec 2940UW scsi adapter (with no devices attached yet)
| and the drivers for my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.
|
| I'm using the dual core Pentium D at 2.8Ghz, and 2GB of DDR2 533 RAM. I am
| just trying to get a basic stable up and running before making use of the
| SATA raid features.
|
| Is there something I need to know about installing the 32 bit version of
| WinXP on this type of machine? Is there something that needs to be
| enabled/disabled before I can get a stable XP instance? Would I encounter
| fewer problems if I were to upgrade to the 64-bit version of XP?
|
| I'm kinda desperate for a solution now.
|
| Thanks, Derek

 

[Guest]

Carey,

Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you said and created a new INstall cd
with xp sp2. The system will not complete the install however. It goes
through the whole process says there is 1 minute left 'till completion and
then it blue screens.

The error is:
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
STOP 0x0000001A (0X00000781, 0xC03860148, 0x00000000, 0xE289A840)

I guess this means there is a hardware issue. Though I can't find anything
which tells me specifically what is wrong. Do you know if this is an
indicator of bad memory? The whole computer is new, with the exception of the
disk drives. It is so frustrating that I left one computer with hardware
problems bought a new system, and now have new hardware problems....

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks, Derek