XP wont's boot -help

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elgato

My system was running just fine. After I turned it off and installed an
internal PCI modem, XP won't boot in normal mode. After some seconds during
the booting up sequence, the PC resets itself.

I removed the modem but I am still having the same problems. The system does
boot in safe mode, and device manager shows no conflict there. I have also
reset the BIOS and loaded default values to see if it would clear the
problem. No solution. Also checked the drive for errors. None found. Any
ideas short of format c:/?

thanks
 
elgato said:
My system was running just fine. After I turned it off and installed an
internal PCI modem, XP won't boot in normal mode. After some seconds during
the booting up sequence, the PC resets itself.

I removed the modem but I am still having the same problems. The system does
boot in safe mode, and device manager shows no conflict there. I have also
reset the BIOS and loaded default values to see if it would clear the
problem. No solution. Also checked the drive for errors. None found. Any
ideas short of format c:/?

thanks
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Boot into Safe Mode, then use System Restore to return to a point
prior to installing the modem.
 
Coming from a"MVP" that's pretty lame advice.

Of course I tried that. of course it didn't work. Otherwise, I wouldn't be
asking for advice in a NG.

At any event a friend of mine -no MVP, thank you- pointed me in the correct
path when he suggested I clear the BIOS' NVRAM contents. It worked.
 
Good problem solving methods are based on starting
with the simple things, then moving on to the more
complex issues if necessary. Since you chose not to
reveal that you had alread tried a System Restore,
this was the natural path to take. You also chose not
to reveal that your BIOS requires special NVRAM
settings, thus making it much more difficult for respondents
to provide appropriate advice.

I now hope that you will donate some of your time
to assist other people in this newsgroup, to give
spot-on advice no matter how meager the problem
description.
 
Pegasus said:
Good problem solving methods are based on starting
with the simple things, then moving on to the more
complex issues if necessary. Since you chose not to
reveal that you had alread tried a System Restore,
this was the natural path to take. You also chose not
to reveal that your BIOS requires special NVRAM
settings, thus making it much more difficult for respondents
to provide appropriate advice.
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<snip>

the OP must be a troll
as he specifically *failed* to mention that he tried a system restore...
but *did* say that he reset the BIOS

the post was obviously setup to be a dig at MVP's
 
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