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Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: aknimitz on August 25, 2003, 02:09:21 PM

Ok, I know this might not be the appropriate forum, but I am desparate and need help.

I bought a barebones system for my boss, which included an Asus  (SIS chipset) mboard and Pentium Celeron 2.4 Ghz. I installed Win98SE, with the intentions of upgrading to XP Pro. The computer keeps locking up on me, sometimes on the boot, sometimes during the install of XP Pro ... I have to hard reboot everytime. ANyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks :(

Nim

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Skuzzy on August 25, 2003, 02:13:48 PM

Sounds like (hopefully) it may be a ram issue.  Uhmm..did you install all the INF files for the chipset from the motherboard CD?

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: aknimitz on August 25, 2003, 02:18:33 PM

I have 256mb RAM ... yes, I installed the mboard drivers. Although I guess I could go to the website and find the new ones? I installed all drivers from the CD - nothing.

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Makarov9 on August 25, 2003, 02:23:03 PM

Some boards can be picky with RAM. I would try another brand or pull one from another system and try it. That's the first place I would start.

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: AKIron on August 25, 2003, 02:25:17 PM

Sounds like ram or the motherboard. I lean towards the motherboard as I have had to replace so many new ones lately.

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: aknimitz on August 25, 2003, 02:30:04 PM

Well I cannot imagine it is the RAM. I mean we bought the system barebones, preassembled from a computer company that we do business with on a regular basis. They would not have sold us RAM that was not compatible with this mboard.

I'd be inclined to think maybe there was a problem with the mboard, but 98SE installed ok ...

Nim

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Sandman on August 25, 2003, 02:41:14 PM

I recently purchased an Asus A7V8X motherboard. I couldn't install XP on it either. Gave up and went with 98se.

Title: <waves at Larry>
Post by: k2cok on August 25, 2003, 02:41:34 PM

Disable the LAN card in the BIOS.

I'll bet it's a SiS 900, if so you won't ever get XP to load with it enabled.

I was ready to pull my hair out until I figured this out. :)

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Trell on August 25, 2003, 02:43:39 PM

have you checked the power supply?.  i have had similar things happen many times before when the powe supply was not up to the task.  i would try switching it out and try it again.

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Makarov9 on August 25, 2003, 02:46:43 PM

It could be the camshaft or the steering wheel.  


:)

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: aknimitz on August 25, 2003, 03:00:25 PM

Its this mboard:

Incredible Value for FSB800 Solution
P4S800 (SiS 648FX) Series
 SiS®648FX Chipset
 Intel 800 MHz FSB
 Hyper-Threading technology support
 AGP 8X technology
 S/PDIF out port on back I/O
 DDR 400 Memory
 ASUS Instant Music ~ Lite

I'll try to disable onboard sound/LAN like ya'll have suggested - checking memory now for errors.

Thanks a ton for the help everyone, S!

Nim

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on August 25, 2003, 04:01:31 PM

Looking at SiS's product specs for the 648FX, it says it supports Pentium 4s but doesn't mention Celerons.

http://www.sis.com/products/chipsets/oa/pentium4/648fx.htm

Seems like the chipset running that board is for Pentium 4s with HyperThreading and not Celerons.
-SW

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Thorns on August 25, 2003, 10:20:35 PM

It's the computer gods having their way with another attorney...
trying to impress his boss.........:D :D

Thorns

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: aknimitz on August 25, 2003, 10:38:38 PM

No kidding - that'll teach me. Shipping this baby back for fixin' ... dude, he should ordered a dell.

Nim

Title: Windoze HELP!
Post by: Reschke on August 25, 2003, 10:39:56 PM

Check the kneuter valve on the power supply. If thats not the problem try adding three turns of wedge to the rear sway bar and taking 3 pounds of air pressure out of the right front tire and taking 10 pounds outta the left front. That should allow you to get around the short tracks a little better without fighting it all night long. Plus you might wanna try using a little higher octane fuel as well. :D

Sorry just couldn't resist.