XP pro installation problems with new PC

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I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
floppy drive).
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?

any input is much appreciated


Phil
 
I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
floppy drive).
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?

any input is much appreciated


Phil
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Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
correctly.
1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
separately in each slot?



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Shep© said:
Sounds like some part of the hardware is faulty or not installed
correctly.
1st thing I would do is if you have two sticks of RAM try each
separately in each slot?



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i only have the one stick of RAM, should I take everything out and put it in
again?
 
i only have the one stick of RAM, should I take everything out and put it in
again?
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I would and be super careful and only use the bare minimum devices e.g
1 hard drive.1 CD etc,nothing fancy.Also in the BIOS if you have no
floppy disable the boot floppy seek if that is an option e.g tell the
BIOS that there is no floppy.
If the BIOS has a boot block anti-virus option disable that
as well.Most modern BIOS have taken them out as most O/S have to
modify the boot area of the hard drive.Double check all connections
and jumper settings are correct.I've even had a system fail to boot or
install an O/s because of a faulty mouse cable!!



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OO- said:
I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
floppy drive).
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?

any input is much appreciated
Click to expand...
I just purchased a new (sealed) Win XP Home OEM to install on a new system I
assembled for a customer. Win install frooze at the first "Windows setup"
screen. No error message, nothing. I exchanged the CD and tried again with
the new one. Everything went perfectly.
The salesman told me they had actually 1 defective CD return on 5 !!!
Don't know what's happening at Microsoft...
 
Shep© said:
I would and be super careful and only use the bare minimum devices e.g
1 hard drive.1 CD etc,nothing fancy.Also in the BIOS if you have no
floppy disable the boot floppy seek if that is an option e.g tell the
BIOS that there is no floppy.
Click to expand...

already done this.
If the BIOS has a boot block anti-virus option disable that
as well.Most modern BIOS have taken them out as most O/S have to
modify the boot area of the hard drive.
Click to expand...

good plan, i'll have a go at this.

Double check all connections
and jumper settings are correct.I've even had a system fail to boot or
install an O/s because of a faulty mouse cable!!
Click to expand...

thanks

I'll keep you posted on the results.

Phil
 
OO- said:
I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb
hard drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this
system has no floppy drive).
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed
nicley with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave
and PCI settings. So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot,
and only enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it
asks to insert the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts
to install. After I agree install XP and agree with ther terms and
conditions I get another screen that tells me to insert the windows
CD (which is already i there) and press enter, so I press enter, it
goes away for a while then comes back again. No matter what i do this
is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the
windows cd?

any input is much appreciated
Click to expand...

Try with the HDD as primary master and the DVD as secondary master. They
might as well be on seperate channels anyway.
 
I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard
drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no
floppy drive).
Click to expand...

What does NB mean?
All the parts have installed fine and in the BIOS they are all listed nicley
with the HDD as the master and the DVD-RW as the primary slave.
When I went to load it, it froze after detecting the matser and slave and
PCI settings.
Click to expand...

Try putting the dvd on the secondary controller...appropriate jumper
settings.
So I went back into BIOS and disabled the HDD boot, and only
enabled booting from the DVD-RW. now when I start the PC it asks to insert
the a setup disk, i insert windows and windows starts to install. After I
agree install XP and agree with ther terms and conditions I get another
screen that tells me to insert the windows CD (which is already i there) and
press enter, so I press enter, it goes away for a while then comes back
again. No matter what i do this is as far as I can get.

what is the problem here? is it bios, the HDD, the DVD-rw, the windows cd?
Click to expand...

I'd guess its a combination of the dvdrw and the cd.

Try the controller switch first. If that doesn't work, temporarily
put a cdrom in the machine in place of the dvd.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!
 
VWWall said:
NB = note bene = observe well.
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Thanks Virg, I only did two terms of Latin and that was in 1972, I don't
remember that much, I was 11 years old.

Ummm..... Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant.

Something like that.
 
~misfit~ said:
Thanks Virg, I only did two terms of Latin and that was in 1972,
I don't remember that much, I was 11 years old.

Ummm..... Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant.

Something like that.
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I did something similar at a similar age, and failed miserably,
thus persuading my parents that I was not suited for a classical
education and could take extra maths and physics. Don't ask when.

At any rate: nota bene; cave canem; veni, vidi, vici; Carthago
delenda est; et cetera.
 
I did something similar at a similar age, and failed miserably,
thus persuading my parents that I was not suited for a classical
education and could take extra maths and physics. Don't ask when.

At any rate: nota bene; cave canem; veni, vidi, vici; Carthago
delenda est; et cetera.
Click to expand...

Thanks to all for the help.

The school I went to...

The equivalent was...

yada...yada...yada!! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
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