FRESH XP INSTALL PROBLEMS!!!!!!

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

trying to put SP2 on this machine like asap right.....and it gets through setup fine.....format the drive...and then when its copying files.....i cannot copy oembios.bin.......wtf?
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

ok XPsp1 passes that file...but bsod's and says irq not less or equal......um...wha?
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gmoney · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:35 am Post subject:

is it a slipstreamed disc? and how old is the drive.. just try to install with the original disk eh... irq issue sounds flakey.. wth?!!
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2old2care · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:23 am Post subject:

Hardware problem dude....run memtest...double check voltages on ram and cpu. You know the drill...what machine is this? Your intel box or somebody else's?
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

i took one of the ram sticks out and it seems to be working.....ill let you guys know when i get home from work.....not my machine...my boss's
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2old2care · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:

Like I said double check the vdimm...may need to kick it up to 2.65 or 2.7 volts to run both sticks reliably. I've seen that happen.
I was thinking memory, sounds like you chased it into the sticks or controller.
Needless to say reformat drive completely, once you get it shook out.
BTW, you may want to clear BIOS also, and start out fresh.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

yeah did all that..... but i will put the vdimm up when i install the second stick ...=D

thanks guys.... ill keep you posted when i get home
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Josh · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject:

JayDubya · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:01 am Post subject:

I lost you last night after you took out the other stick. Any luck so far?
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

yeah i got windows loaded fine......installed the other stick and all is welll......=D

dunno what the issue was....=\
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Josh · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

exactly.....=D
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gmoney · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:12 am Post subject:

yeah but.. thats like flushing the toilet.. and hearing it gurgle.. so u think it flushes.. so u leave it alone.. and then u come back 6 hours later and ur knee high in poopy...

sorry for the metaphor.. but there might be a problem floating around there.. suggest.. memtest and p95's and the like . u know the drilll etc etc etc.. damn... that knee high poopee .. heweee... that was a mess
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I agree........that ram stick is probably bad. Two of the hardest things you can do to a computer (CPU, optical, and RAM) is either stress testing, or installing XP. The fact that it installed nicely with that one stick removed tells me you've got bad memory going on, that regular usage won't show as quickly.
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