Won't complete installation of XP

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jenny said:
What exactly do you mean to "turn the timings up"? Thanks.
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Use one stick of memory

in the bios CMOS (AKA 'setup')
enter setup
you could try loading 'defaults' first
then check to see if 'dual channel' is disabled
Memory timings BY SPD if possible
try and boot
 
jenny said:
I am going through the process right now to get that blurb. But if I am
not using
RAID, surely Intel would not have set up their BIOS to cause a problem.
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I'm not familiar w/ your board & BIOS, but check the integrated peripherals
section and see if there's an option to disable the RAID function. Often
times
BIOS' come w/ that function enabled, and then XP looks for drivers.
Disabling
the RAID function (doesn't disable SATA connections) will get you past the
issue you're experiencing.

Jeff
 
jenny said:
Thanks, Which connector do I plug a single SATA drive into??? I can't
find that info. I know red doesn't work.
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Plugging the single SATA drive into any one of the black connectors
(SATA 0, SATA 1, SATA 2, SATA 3) will work. Just make sure to enter the
bios and set your SATA drive as one of the bootable devices.
 
Just when I was ready to buy into some conspiracy theory, a friend that I
had
called much earlier showed up with a copy of xp home for me just to try. It
loaded!!! So much for my theory. Of course I removed it. I want my
XP pro on this machine. How totally weird!!!
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Try copying the xp cd to your hard drive using the offending cd drive
from the new machine.
 
I'm not familiar w/ your board & BIOS, but check the integrated
peripherals
section and see if there's an option to disable the RAID function. Often
times
BIOS' come w/ that function enabled, and then XP looks for drivers.
Disabling
the RAID function (doesn't disable SATA connections) will get you past the
issue you're experiencing.
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I have been trying it with an IDE hdd and have the same problem so it is not
related to RAID. I have been through the BIOS many times looking for
something
that might relate but haven't found it.
 
I have now borrowed and installed on an old hdd in the IDE position the
following OS's.
Vista Ultimate, W2K, XP Home, and they all work!!! It is only XP Pro that
will not install.
All of the XP Pro copies are SP2.

I am going to try a different optical drive - one that I know has read these
cd's correctly.
That is my next thing. It is a relatively easy change out.

The REALLY great news is that my system is good and all the parts (with
exception of optical
drive which is a question) work really well.
 
Try copying the xp cd to your hard drive using the offending cd drive
from the new machine.
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I just finished that and it says that the copy of i386\rtcdll.man is bad.
I have been trying to find a copy. Haven't found one yet.
 
I just finished that and it says that the copy of i386\rtcdll.man is bad.
I have been trying to find a copy. Haven't found one yet.
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Does a different optical drive exhibit the same problem? If not you
have your answer.
 
jenny said:
I have now borrowed and installed on an old hdd in the IDE position the following OS's.
Vista Ultimate, W2K, XP Home, and they all work!!! It is only XP Pro that will not
install.
All of the XP Pro copies are SP2.

I am going to try a different optical drive - one that I know has read these cd's
correctly.
That is my next thing. It is a relatively easy change out.

The REALLY great news is that my system is good and all the parts (with exception of
optical
drive which is a question) work really well.
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this is either bad burns or damaged commercial CD's that have the XP pro SP2 on them. An
optical drive is going to work on one and not the other. Unless were talking DVD's, then
there could be compatibility issues.
 
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jenny said:
I have been trying it with an IDE hdd and have the same problem so it
is not related to RAID. I have been through the BIOS many times
looking for something
that might relate but haven't found it.
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So, it's plainly not a raid issue, is it.
 
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So, it's plainly not a raid issue, is it.
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Said the ****headed nincompoop who thought it was a RAID driver issue.

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Does a different optical drive exhibit the same problem? If not you
have your answer.
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Yep, 3 bad cds. I never would have believed it. I don't take good care
of them. They basically are just in a stack. I'm ordering some envelopes
and going to change my ways.
 
Oksana Gutteridge said:
So, it's plainly not a raid issue, is it.
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3 bad cds. I never would have believed it. I don't take good care
of them. They basically are just in a stack. I'm ordering some envelopes
and going to change my ways.
 
JAD said:
this is either bad burns or damaged commercial CD's that have the XP pro
SP2 on them. An optical drive is going to work on one and not the other.
Unless were talking DVD's, then there could be compatibility issues.
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3 bad cds. I never would have believed it. I don't take good care
of them. They basically are just in a stack. I'm ordering some envelopes
and going to change my ways. Upon very close inspection, they all had minor
scratches and flaws.
 
Too many replies to read them all.

Whenever I get a comp in here be it with an existing operating system
or 'it just isn't working properly anymore' I go into the BIOS and
change the boot sequence to boot from CD. I then place a copy of
Knoppix Linux on a CD and try that. If it boots successfully then its
neither the CD drive or the actual computer. That of course is not a
cut and dry, fool proof method but it does give you a good starting
point.
 
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