Win XP blue screen when installing...

[Miguel Carrete]

Hi.
I have a problem installing XP on a GA-8LS533 Motherboard,
I used CD-ROM to boot and start the installing process,
but a blue screen appears and stops the process

So I wonder to know how to install on this machine.

any comments to figure it out?

thanks

 

[Peter]

Hi,

Make sure all the hardwares and connection cables are
firmly connected. Also check for the devices are firmly
seated into the slots and the ram sticks are properly and
firmly seated into the DIMM slots. If you have more than
one ram stick, try only use one ram stick (not less than
128 MB) and install XP.
If you can install XP successfully, add back the ram
sticks one at each time and reboot. If you have problem in
reboot, the culprit may be a faulty ram chip or the ram
chips are not exactly matched.

Peter

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp)

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for and sold with
Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent hardware
quality requirements. This is particularly true of many models in
Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class
Pavilion product line. WinXP is quite sensitive to borderline
defective hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives)
that will still support Win9x.

Additionally, run Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you
have any incompatible hardware components or applications.


Bruce Chambers

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