XP Pro SP2 Integrated asking what type of PC I have? (Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz on an Asus P5B-VM

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Holy Crikey

Once I finished putting my system together, I stuck my XP Pro CD and
proceeded with the installation. But right away a menu came up asking
me what type of computer I have:
ACPI multiprocessor PC
ACPI uniprocessor PC
ACPI PC
Compaq something (which it isn't)
SMP multiprocessor PC (I think it said SMP)
SMP uniprocessor PC
Standard PC
Other

I called a couple of friends of mine and they've never seen such a
menu during an installation process.

I also have Seagate SATAII drives, along with just some Kingston
667NHz PC2-5300 CL5 sticks. What should I choose in this case?
Thanks.
 
H

Holy Crikey

No, it didn't. The article never mentioned anything about what type
of PC being asked during a clean installation of XP Pro. The article
dealt with just doing a clean install of XP, which I knew already how
to do. Thanks anyway.
 
F

Frank

Holy Crikey said:
Once I finished putting my system together, I stuck my XP Pro CD and
proceeded with the installation. But right away a menu came up asking
me what type of computer I have:
ACPI multiprocessor PC
ACPI uniprocessor PC
ACPI PC
Compaq something (which it isn't)
SMP multiprocessor PC (I think it said SMP)
SMP uniprocessor PC
Standard PC
Other

I called a couple of friends of mine and they've never seen such a
menu during an installation process.

I also have Seagate SATAII drives, along with just some Kingston
667NHz PC2-5300 CL5 sticks. What should I choose in this case?
Thanks.
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This has to do with your mother board and the BIOS. This menu
sometimes comes up with antiquated mother boards. Your BIOS
chip may be DOA.
 
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