Any Ideas? A8n sli deluxe, xp pro load fails crc, mem good

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Hi all,

Another problem loading windows. after the reboot to continue the
installation, I get this message:

SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy file
E:\I386\asms\1000\MSFT\Windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man on line 4.
then:
Installation failed: E:\I386\ASMS. Error Message: Data Error (cyclic
redundancy check)

then reboots on hitting OK.

Memory is good, tried reading the disk from 2 different drives, tried 2
different cd's, and still come up with the same error. didn't have this
issue when I loaded it out in an msi neo2 plat board a couple of weeks ago.

I am scratching my head over here. Could it have anything to do with the
mobo?
 
tawpgk said:
Hi all,

Another problem loading windows. after the reboot to continue the
installation, I get this message:

SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy file
E:\I386\asms\1000\MSFT\Windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man on line 4.
then:
Installation failed: E:\I386\ASMS. Error Message: Data Error (cyclic
redundancy check)

then reboots on hitting OK.

Memory is good, tried reading the disk from 2 different drives, tried 2
different cd's, and still come up with the same error. didn't have this
issue when I loaded it out in an msi neo2 plat board a couple of weeks ago.

I am scratching my head over here. Could it have anything to do with the
mobo?
Click to expand...

Not likely. Google is your friend.
 
tawpgk said:
Hi all,

Another problem loading windows. after the reboot to continue the
installation, I get this message:

SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy file
E:\I386\asms\1000\MSFT\Windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man on line 4.
then:
Installation failed: E:\I386\ASMS. Error Message: Data Error (cyclic
redundancy check)

then reboots on hitting OK.

Memory is good, tried reading the disk from 2 different drives, tried 2
different cd's, and still come up with the same error. didn't have this
issue when I loaded it out in an msi neo2 plat board a couple of weeks ago.

I am scratching my head over here. Could it have anything to do with the
mobo?

--
Tom Wendelken
University of Phoenix Student
(e-mail address removed) yahoo: tawpgk
Eastern Time Zone (New Jersey)
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Is the memory good enough for this board though? Like all nForce 3 & 4
boards, A8N-SLi is picky. I have seen S939 boards that pass memtest86 while
still refusing to play ball withWindows XP. I'm afraid to say that I think
you are now into the realms of eliminating components to find the problem.
My gut feeling is RAM though.

Jon
 
--
Tom Wendelken
University of Phoenix Student
(e-mail address removed) yahoo: tawpgk
Eastern Time Zone (New Jersey)
40 PC SOCKET SET said:
Is the memory good enough for this board though? Like all nForce 3 & 4
boards, A8N-SLi is picky. I have seen S939 boards that pass memtest86
while
still refusing to play ball withWindows XP. I'm afraid to say that I
think
you are now into the realms of eliminating components to find the problem.
My gut feeling is RAM though.

Jon
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Jon,

the memory should be good enough to play. I have Corsair XMS low latency
ram - twinx1024-3200xl. no overclocking.
rated at 2-2-2-5. would it be worthwhile to override the settings in the
bios to 2-3-3-6? I am not familiar with what number correspond to cas ras,
etc. if you give me a pointer.

I was able to load the XP64 beta with no errors. for some reason the
Ethernet driver would not install right with the 64bit NVIDIA driver.
 
tawpgk said:
Hi all,

Another problem loading windows. after the reboot to continue the
installation, I get this message:

SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy file
E:\I386\asms\1000\MSFT\Windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man on line 4.
then:
Installation failed: E:\I386\ASMS. Error Message: Data Error (cyclic
redundancy check)

then reboots on hitting OK.

Memory is good, tried reading the disk from 2 different drives, tried 2
different cd's, and still come up with the same error. didn't have this
issue when I loaded it out in an msi neo2 plat board a couple of weeks ago.

I am scratching my head over here. Could it have anything to do with the
mobo?
Click to expand...

How do you know the memory is good?
 
Tom Wendelken
University of Phoenix Student
(e-mail address removed) yahoo: tawpgk
Eastern Time Zone (New Jersey)
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Looks to me like a cdrom problem. It could be as simple as a scratched CD
(dont laugh. I've seen people spend HOURS troubleshooting an install, then
when I look at the XP disc, it's scratched to hell).
It could even be a cdrom hardware error (either dying cdrom, or other setup
problem),
Cyclic Reduncy Check is definately cd related (I get them when I try to read
a scratched cd).
 
Flakey CD's are common...

Create a fat32 partition and using a dos boot disk with CD drivers, copy the
cd to it and try the setup from there.

It is not a good idea to install xp onto fat32 (even if you convert to NTFS
after), so if you have a spare hdd or the tools, create the fat32 partition
out of the way so that the XP NTFS partition is created in the right place
long term.
 
--
Tom Wendelken
University of Phoenix Student
(e-mail address removed) yahoo: tawpgk
Eastern Time Zone (New Jersey)
Robert Hancock said:
How do you know the memory is good?
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Memtst86 ran for about 12-15 hours without an error.
 
Thanks for the advice Mercury. I used your suggestion and learned a couple
of things. Bottom line is that the obvious answer was the correct one - bad
cd. I had thought incorrectly that restarting the install with the a
different disk would work, but the backup copy must not have had sp1 on it
or something because it choked on the checksum.
 
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