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- Dec 5, 2005
Problem:
While doing a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 the install keeps freezing up on. The DVD drive will spin up but then just stop and no further progress is made.
Things that were tried:
Updated to latest bios.
Changing up which dimms the ram was in; 1&2 -> 3&4. However, no further progress was made.
Swapping out hard drives to a known good drive, which was a maxtor 40gb eide, no luck.
Swapping out DVD drives to an identical and known good drive, no luck.
Swapped out Vcards, no luck.
Swapped out XP install disks.
I wrote down the specific files that seemed to get stuck on regularly however, bios changes were made until ultimately I got stuck on the intel ide file, or something like that. Will post those in just a bit.
I had a friend helping/doing most of the work sense he regularly has to similar troubleshooting stuff for his work, he said I should check to see if my 12v to the DVD drive is sending enough power. While I will be looking up this topic I'm just seeing if I can get any initial ideas from you guys.
While doing a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 the install keeps freezing up on. The DVD drive will spin up but then just stop and no further progress is made.
Things that were tried:
Updated to latest bios.
Changing up which dimms the ram was in; 1&2 -> 3&4. However, no further progress was made.
Swapping out hard drives to a known good drive, which was a maxtor 40gb eide, no luck.
Swapping out DVD drives to an identical and known good drive, no luck.
Swapped out Vcards, no luck.
Swapped out XP install disks.
I wrote down the specific files that seemed to get stuck on regularly however, bios changes were made until ultimately I got stuck on the intel ide file, or something like that. Will post those in just a bit.
I had a friend helping/doing most of the work sense he regularly has to similar troubleshooting stuff for his work, he said I should check to see if my 12v to the DVD drive is sending enough power. While I will be looking up this topic I'm just seeing if I can get any initial ideas from you guys.