XP Continuously reboots after setup

[cethiesus]

I've been trying for weeks to get XP installed on a Shuttle SK41G
system. After run-ins with bad ram, finicky floppy drives, and
numerous other problems I've finally gotten setup to copy it's files
to the hard drive. After going through the six XP boot disks to get
the CD (the system won't boot from CD; it spins furiously for a few
seconds and then hangs) to finish the first phase of setup, it gives
the usual 'the computer will reboot in 15 seconds, press enter to
continue now' message and reboots. Then, it POSTs and /immediately/
after the second screen ('verifying pool data') is shown it reboots
continuously the same way. No Windows screens whatsoever are shown and
I have to hook the hard drive up to another computer and format it to
start over again, as the system won't boot from a floppy anymore.
I've gotten XP to install fine and run on this system before with the
exact same hardware, minus a stick of memory that I had to RMA (the
new stick is the exact same except functional) and am at a complete
loss as to why this is happening.
Temperatures stay well within operational limits but the fan ramps up
speed as soon as/just before it reboots. It shouldn't be maxing out
the 200W PS either because it has been up and running before without
losing power.


Specs:
ShuttleXPC SK41G
Mushkin Green DDR-PC2100 512MB RAM
Samsung 120GB Hard Drive
Samsung Floppy
LG CD-RW/DVD Combo
XP2400+
Gigabyte Radeon 9200 128MB

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Still sounds like hardware to me. A clean install should never have issues
unless there is a hardware misconfiguration or a badly scratched CD. Remove
all non-essential hardware and see where you get.

 

[Mike Valdez]

I am also having problems with the Shuttle mother board. I
think there are some major compatabilty issues with XP. I
installed the new bios updates and the system crashed
hard. I am sending mine back and going with something
else. There support is not very good.