Very strange...help needed

[jack222]

Some of my audio drivers weren't installing so i erased mt HDD completly. So i go to install XP upgrade. It had about 16 minutes left of installation and my pc restarts. So i figure alright, lets try again. So it acts like windows is loading but then says windows setup is restarting. The setup started at the 4th bullet,"Installing Windows".

It keeps doing this every time and i have tried like 5 times.

2 posiblities could be that i bent pins on my cpu but fixed it.

Or it is just my maxtor hdd. I could always rma it i needed....

Please help. If you figure out the problem i will give you a dollar :D.

[jack222]

ttt...im desperate...ill try anything.

[Flamed_Chip]

If it's just restarting it's more likley to be a CPU/RAM/PSU problem than something with the hard disk. Start by checking your temps and voltages in BIOS to make sure everything is in order. You could also try reseating your RAM and CPU. If that fails to make a difference you could try a different CPU and RAM.

[jack222]

But it was always at the same place regardless of how long i had the pc one.

[rhino56]

you formatted your hd, loaded windows xp now an upgrade?
try cleaning the cd

[jack222]

I erased with some software then i stuck the XP cd in, they formatted and started installing.

[rhino56]

did the xp go in ok?

[jack222]

No, it kept stoping at that same place..

[rhino56]

you must have a hardware problem then, go into the bios and try to disable the onboard audio

[jack222]

But it wouldnt finish installing XP....

[rhino56]

But it wouldnt finish installing XP....
when you boot up press f2 or delete or f1, whichever one it is to get into the bios settings.
then you can disable it

[jack222]

Yes, i know...i think you misunderstood...I am not able to install windows...i have no OS instaled....I am not in windows...i am not installing things...

The problem is that during the windows installation it keeps stopping at the same place.

[Gnufsh]

Right, and rhino56 thinks that the onboard audio may be causing the problem. If you use the bios to disable the onboard sound, you may be able to finish installing windows. Please give it a try.

[jack222]

Well i can't right now, i traded cpu's and im leaving for vacation wensday.

How could sound effect the installtion process?

[XunknownX]

I've had this problem before and usually it's a PCI card that's locking it up. Try removing all PCI cards and installing XP.

[Gnufsh]

Well i can't right now, i traded cpu's and im leaving for vacation wensday.

How could sound effect the installtion process?
It could be crashing while initializing the hardware if there's a hardware problem with the onboard sound.

Did you try clearing the cmos? (it is all at stock, right?)

[jack222]

Yea i did that that. Everything stock including HSF. Guess i can't try anything until sunday.

[rhino56]

so when we say go into the bios do you know what we we mean?

[rhino56]

so when we say go into the bios do you know what we we mean?
??

[jack222]

Ok sorry update. The install was corrupted somehwere. I erased, and installed again and everything works. My sound works great too.