- Oct 30, 1999
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I have 10 PC's that I'm building up for use as voicemail servers
The hardware is an Asus K8S-MX, Sempron-32 2800+, 512MB RAM and a pair of 80GB Seagate SATA drives.
I installed XP, all of the drivers, all of my apps, all of the Windows Updates...
I did a Sysprep, shut down and put in my Acronis True Image 8.903 disc.
First, Acronis would lock on the IDE scan. So I added a "ide-detect=off" option to the True Image boot up (it sees the SATA as SCSI so it works without an IDE scan)
Then it wouldn't see the on-board NIC. So I installed a Realtek NIC and was able to get past that.
I created my image on the network and threw the next PC up on the bench. Once again I added the "ide-detect=off" switch and installed a Realtek NIC. I was able to pull the image over to the PC, but on reboot I would get the Windows XP splash screen and then a blank screen. There was some hard drive activity and then nothing.
I then rebooted and went into Safe Mode. I saw the XP splash screen, and then the long list of drivers, DLL's, etc buzz by the screen. The last thing on the screen was "Loading: gagp30kx.sys" and then everything came to a screeching halt.
This is nuts. I have made ZERO progress with these builds. Anyone know any issues? Work arounds? I'm so desperate, I'm thinking of pulling the boards out and putting in something with a VIA chipset.
This is what I get for trying to save a few bucks on a motherboard.
I have 10 PC's that I'm building up for use as voicemail servers
The hardware is an Asus K8S-MX, Sempron-32 2800+, 512MB RAM and a pair of 80GB Seagate SATA drives.
I installed XP, all of the drivers, all of my apps, all of the Windows Updates...
I did a Sysprep, shut down and put in my Acronis True Image 8.903 disc.
First, Acronis would lock on the IDE scan. So I added a "ide-detect=off" option to the True Image boot up (it sees the SATA as SCSI so it works without an IDE scan)
Then it wouldn't see the on-board NIC. So I installed a Realtek NIC and was able to get past that.
I created my image on the network and threw the next PC up on the bench. Once again I added the "ide-detect=off" switch and installed a Realtek NIC. I was able to pull the image over to the PC, but on reboot I would get the Windows XP splash screen and then a blank screen. There was some hard drive activity and then nothing.
I then rebooted and went into Safe Mode. I saw the XP splash screen, and then the long list of drivers, DLL's, etc buzz by the screen. The last thing on the screen was "Loading: gagp30kx.sys" and then everything came to a screeching halt.
This is nuts. I have made ZERO progress with these builds. Anyone know any issues? Work arounds? I'm so desperate, I'm thinking of pulling the boards out and putting in something with a VIA chipset.
This is what I get for trying to save a few bucks on a motherboard.
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