HELP! winodws xp install prob!!

foxdude23 · #1 10-26-2002, 11:34 PM

ok.....heres the prob.....when i try to install XP from ME and it restarts my computer for the 1st time to boot into a os and install from there.....well it loads all these drivers.....and then says (starting setup) and freezes there......i have tryed to remove all my hardware i removed my ram to 1 stick....tryed formating my hard drive and every thing you can think of....and yet it still freezes! i have even tryed swaping graphics cards and hard drives and cd-roms and stuff!!same thing every time! and it istalls on other computers so the install CD is good....there is one thing...i have a built-in SC-SI card.....i turn it on.....i turn it off..(in the bios)..makes no diffrence...i have blown big bucks on this thing and just want it to work!!

for further details see specs below....

proeseor (dual) pentium 3 XEON 550 MHZ....
mother-board SOYO sy-d6iga
built-in SC-SI card adaptec aic-7890ab
graphics card ATI rage 128 (APG 2)
hard-drive 20 gig maxtor (IDE)
RAM around 350 megs....

loucypher · #2 10-27-2002, 05:15 AM

Hi
If you are able to back up your personal files to CD or to another hard drive or computer, i would then install XP on a clean hard drive, as long as you have your first boot device set to CD-ROM drive,(CMOS) put the setup disc in ,it does not matter whether it is the full or upgrade version,if it is the upgrade, setup will see that you have the previous O/S and you will ask it to format and then it will be installed in the drive follow instructions,they can be a bit daunting for the beginner,but in the end you will work it out.
I would never install an operating system (including Upgrade versions) on top of a previous version, a computer benifits from a format and reinstallation, it will be a lot faster for a while untill you start filling it up again.
Learn how to do an unattended installation, and you will look forward to formating and reinstalling because it is so fast and easy to do,on my computer i can reformat and intall the O/S in 23 mins.
All you have to remember is to make regular backups of your personal stuff.
E-Mail me if you want futher help.

foxdude23 · #3 10-27-2002, 10:06 AM

i tryed formating my hard drive.... im not quite a beginner i know the ropes quite well....i have built 6 computers in the past but never run into this problem before....i called microsoft....they didnt know....i called soyo....they didnt even know they made this baord!!! i have called tech support places all over geting all sorts of instructions to do sutff (like fromat and remove ram to 1 stick) but nothing has helped....every time windows setup loads drivers before bootinng into the setup OS then it says some thing like (starting windows setup) it will freeze.....and yes i tryed booting from the CD every time.....

Grendel · #4 10-27-2002, 11:56 AM

If you are booting from the CD and have a SCSI drive, have you hit F6 to load the SCSI drivers?

foxdude23 · #5 10-27-2002, 12:43 PM

yes....acoring to microsoft windows will load drivers for it with out any extra drivers....

Grendel · #6 10-27-2002, 04:28 PM

It looks like you are using some hardware that does not have support for Windows XP.

http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/sel...= 80&col3=All

Here is a link to Soyo's site, and the last drivers they have listed for the adaptec aic-7890ab were released on 1999-12-06.

Even the last BIOS was released on 2000-10-02.

Only thing to try would be to get the BIOS upgrade, if you already do not. Other than that, you are probably S.O.L.