please help this is frustrating

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When it says "boot from the CD ROM " are you pressing the
enter key? It requires your input to boot the CD.



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| I recently bought a DFI AD77 mother board, athlon xp 2400
| > processor, 256mb 2100 266mhz ram, and a few other things
| > to build a new computer. I had planned on just using my
| > existing hard drive until I could upgrade. After i
| > Installed all the hardware i powered up the computer.
| > Bios starts just fine but then it goes to a
| screen "sorry
| > for the inconvenience" windows was not properly shut
| > down, and it gives options to "start in safe mode" "safe
| > mode with network" "safe mode command prompt" "last good
| > settings" and "normal mode". Which ever one i choose it
| > will start to load windows XP (with the bars along the
| > bottom of the screen) but then quickly flashes a blue
| > screen with some script on it and then reboots and will
| > continue this cycle over and over again. Does any body
| > know what causes this and how to remedy it? when i try
to boot from the cdrom it wont work. it says boot from cd
rom and then goes right back to the windows didnt start
correctly screen. i get no access to the win xp setup menu?
could it be the hard drive or maybe a jumper or something on
the mother board???????/
 
I had the same happen to me...however I have a slightly older Celeron 800 that I built 3 yrs ago. Windows 98 always ran smooth. When I was pre-evaluated for XP, my only questionable components were my HP printer(common) and my AOpen56k modem(generic) which I was upgrading to high speed anyway. I did upgrade to 256 ram(recommended).The only way to stop the repetitive reboot, was to unplug. What I did was insert my Win98 startup disk on reboot,format, and return XP for full refund(must be within 30 days...MSN HELP[Tech Service]will give you the number). I'm no techie,but if any of your components aren't Microsoft signature,GOOD LUCK. My guess on my situation(and yours)would be motherboard.
 
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