Getting Blank Black Screen on new built PC when trying to install WIN XP

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Chris

Hi,

I have put in the Maxtor Hard Drive install cd and it
says it setup my hard drive with no problems. I then
reboot with Win XP Pro CD and I get the "Hit any key to
boot from CD...." I hit any of my keys and then I get
something like "System is now 'something' with your
hardware configuration..." and then the screen goes blank
(black) and nothing happens.

Any ideas pls???
 
Not easy to understand what you are saying. Is this a system that you are
planning to install WindowsXP but before you attempted to install the
Windows, you have installed something from another CD that came with the
drive? Why was it necessary to install from the Maxtor CD first?
 
Chris is building a box and buys a Maxtor HD and runs the CD it comes with
that formats the drive, which yes is not necessary but shouldn't hurt
anything.

Chris and I are in the same boat, sort of.

My system had been coming along fine but now does the "blank black screen"
thing after "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration..." screen.
This is the case with 4 different Boot CD's including XP Pro.

I'm suspicious of Video card and drivers, original XP install and testing of
other boot cd's went fine with previous NVIDIA cards...

I've "upgraded" to Sapphire Atlantis (ATI) 9500 128MB using Omega
"rad_w2kxp_omega_2496c" drivers (even though my card is not "soft-modable").
Not sure but problem may have started with card or only after messing with
uncertified drivers.

Found 1 other post elsewhere of someone with same problem who got around it
by changing video card so pretty sure that's it so will be messing with
drivers 1st...

Would like to know what card & mobo (my mobo Asus p4c800 deluxe) you have,
Chris...

duh
 
OK!

No help doing major all driver purge and installing caty 10.x

boot cd's still croak @ "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration..."

Heeeeeeeeeeeellppp meeeeeeee ..............
 
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