Ok, here's my problem. I'm doing a Win2k pro install and after formatting and finishing the setup it reboots and goes throught the 2 "windows is starting" screens. After the second splash screen, the monitor goes blank and nothing else happens. I tried safemode and got to the desktop but when trying to install lan and sound drivers it seemed to stall for several minutes at a time, then it would complete the driver install. Also, while in safemode, I tried reading the properties of several devices in the hardware manager and the same thing happened, it seemed to stall for several minutes and then finished the request. And after finishing setting up the remaining drivers, it acted the same at reboot time, ie it wouldn't finish.
Just to make sure it wasn't a hardware problem, I reformatted and installed Win98se and all went well, no problems at all. So my question is, what the hell could be setup wrong in the bios that would cause Win2k to act so strangely. Here are my system specs and some of the bios settings:
ECS K7S5A
AMD XP 1500+
Antec 830SX
256 MB PC133 (1 stick, KByte brand)
Seagate 80 gig Barracuda IV
Intel i740 video card
Litone CD
NEC floppy
Bios:
All ide channels auto detect (detects everything fine)
Ram timings set to default (ie slowest)
APCI disabled
Power Management enabled
Plug n Play OS enabled
AGP 1x
All onboard extras enabled (lan, sound, etc)
I had previously done an install of Win2k on my current machine (BH-6 w/ Celeron, GF2, firewire card,turtle beach sound card, isa modem, .....) and it went smooth as butter, even with all of the devices present during the install, it detected and setup all of them just fine. I can't for the life of me figure out what is up with the install on the new machine. Any help would be appreciated as I'm almost positive it's something that I've overlooked in the bios.
(Edit) NM.
Just to make sure it wasn't a hardware problem, I reformatted and installed Win98se and all went well, no problems at all. So my question is, what the hell could be setup wrong in the bios that would cause Win2k to act so strangely. Here are my system specs and some of the bios settings:
ECS K7S5A
AMD XP 1500+
Antec 830SX
256 MB PC133 (1 stick, KByte brand)
Seagate 80 gig Barracuda IV
Intel i740 video card
Litone CD
NEC floppy
Bios:
All ide channels auto detect (detects everything fine)
Ram timings set to default (ie slowest)
APCI disabled
Power Management enabled
Plug n Play OS enabled
AGP 1x
All onboard extras enabled (lan, sound, etc)
I had previously done an install of Win2k on my current machine (BH-6 w/ Celeron, GF2, firewire card,turtle beach sound card, isa modem, .....) and it went smooth as butter, even with all of the devices present during the install, it detected and setup all of them just fine. I can't for the life of me figure out what is up with the install on the new machine. Any help would be appreciated as I'm almost positive it's something that I've overlooked in the bios.
(Edit) NM.
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