New System Build.. Help.

[Nick119]

Hey guys, for some reason im trying to load windows xp professional onto the new pc i just built which powers up fine, system beep, all temperatures look fine, etc. However when I go and put the cd in, it goes through all the Setup is loading files.. (file here) and then when it gets to Setup is Starting Windows and it pauses for a second and then restarts and the whole process starts over again. Any ideas?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Saying the above w/out more details/particulars(i.e. mobo/cpu/which version of xp ..no sp..sp1..sp2..etc. can never toss up to much info..) is like saying I put gas in my ride and it doesn't start..

 

[Nick119]

Sorry. Windows XP Professional w/ SP1. The mobo is an ASUS A8N5X, AMD64 3200+ Socket 939. Ram is Crucial 2 512mb Value Select 184pin. The hard drive i believe is a western digital 60gb. GPU is ASUS 256MB EAX1300PRO. Anything else?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

the wd 60 is it pata or sata(?) ..? I have a WD160gb JB that is very iffy on init ..but once it does it'll stay up til system shutsdown(on purpose/or accidently) ..then its back to powercycling til it catches(I retired it as an os bootable backup) ..ymmv

 

[Nick119]

I found a similar situation to the one im having here: http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t6914.html. The solution i dont understand, I couldnt find that in my bios. He has the same processor it looks like. The harddrive isnt SATA, just regular IDE Ribbon cable stuff heh.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

wdc tools and jumpers

Jumper settings for WD 3.5 inch EIDE drives.

Answer
Two different protocols can be used for jumpering EIDE devices, including disk drives. One is the master-slave relationship. With this protocol, one device is jumpered as master and the other is jumpered as slave. The second protocol is cable select. With this protocol, both devices are jumpered as cable select and their position on the cable dictates which is the master and which is the slave. The end device is master while the device on the middle of the cable is slave. You can use either of these protocols but you cannot mix them on the same data cable. Both methods refer to having multiple devices attached to the same IDE cable and have options for single drive installations (only 1 drive installed on the system).

Originally posted by: Nick119
Works thanks a lot

you're welcome

 

[Nick119]

Works thanks a lot