trying to install widows,but getting stuck

[SirPappy]

ive been trying to install windows 2000 Pro on a asus mobo/amd athlon xp 2600/with 512 mb mem/80 gb hd, but after i format the drive and windows copys its files, i get this message every time

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

i did a search on this, and most ppl think hardwear failure or incapadible.
i just got the mobo/cpu/ram/and hard drive from someone in here, the only i added was case/dvd drive/and agp video card. any ideas?

 

[Bavor]

Just about every time I got that error message when installing Win2K it either was a memory problem or an overclocked processor that wasn't stable enough to install Windows.

 

[mechBgon]

If you could hit Quote and edit this template with your detailed info, as far as you know it, that would probably help people get insight on the problem or else know what else to ask next.

• CORE HARDWARE
  • Power supply Antec TruePower 430
  • Motherboard Asus K8N-E Deluxe
    • Revision 1.03
    • BIOS 1005
  • CPU Athlon64 3000+
    • Core 130nm Clawhammer
  • Memory (2) 512MB Corsair XMS 3200C2 modules
    • Voltage Manually set to 2.7 volts
    • Timings AUTO, results in 2-3-2-6 @ 200MHz
• CARDS
  • Primary video card ATI Radeon 9800Pro AGP 8x
  • PCI slot #1 (top) empty
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 LeadTek Winfast TV/FM tuner card
  • PCI slot #4 Creative Audigy 2 ZS
  • PCI slot #5 LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI
  • PCI slot #6 (board only has five PCI slots)
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 160GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Serial ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 SATA controller
    • Jumper setting not applicable (SATA)
  • Additional hard drive 40GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, primary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Additional hard drive 18GB Seagate Cheetah 15k.3
    • Interface SCSI
    • Controller hosting this drive LSI Logic U160 card
    • Jumper setting SCSI ID 01
  • Optical drive #1 NEC 3500A DVD burner
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Optical drive #2 Lite-On combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Slave

 

[ironique]

Sounds like a problem with the RAM. Try switching the DIMM with another and see if it works. Also you might want to check the timings for RAM in the bios. Maybe the timings are too agressive for the RAM to handle properly. Try setting them to the slowest possible settings (highest numbers).

 

[SirPappy]

thanks everyone, I'll give it another try later this afternoon, after work. 🙂

 

[kcbass]

I had this problem with an abit board over the summer, and i changed every part out of the system (did the ram alone 4 times....). Turned out it was a bad processor. Thermal paste had gotten under one of the chips on top of the die (on an athlon xp 2700) and the thing was ruined. Lesson learned: don't put too much thermal grease on your die... 

 

[montag451]

Try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;818501

 

[kcbass]

isn't that link assuming that you can install/boot into windows? 

 

[montag451]

ahh - good point

hold on

 

[montag451]

to save me the hassle, what chipset does your Asus use?

 

[montag451]

Try disconnecting all unnecessary hardware - keep cpu/ram/vga/1 HDD/ 1 CD. disable all onboard peripherals etc etc


T@HIS is from MSOFT:

If the message appears during an installation of Windows 2000, make sure that the computer and all installed peripherals are listed on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)