It appears that nothing was working because my CPU heatsink was not bolted down correctly. And my CPU temps were idling around 100 C. I went back and correctly installed it and now they are at 40 C.
This is a lesson in not being impatient while putting new components together.
Excuse me while I go pull out my new gray hairs.
****Update again****
Just tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64. After hitting any key to run off the DVD, it went into a windows is loading files, it completed that task, now it stays on a black screen.
And it appears it is frozen again. wahoo!
Is there something very simple i could be doing wrong here? or set something up wrong.
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So apparently need to load SATA drivers when installing WinXP. I downloaded the drivers from intels website for ICH9R chipset.
In BIOS, I went to "On-Chip ATA Devies" set the RAID MODE to AHCI (IDE, RAID, AHCI were the options) and proceeded to try and install the OS through F6 and load the drivers.
I have a slew of options so I chose the one relevent to the ICH9R.
INTEL(R) ICH9 SATA AHCIController (Desktop ICH9R)
I select that one and then on the next screen hit Enter to continue and windows setup still freezes.
I also went back to BIOS and ATA devices and attempted the RAID configuration but that also failed.
And the IDE setting is what was using during the post below.
So i am really confused.
WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC
If winxp sp2 is needed. I will probably go out and buy Windows Vista. And would buying Vista solve this dilemma?
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OLD POST
When doing a fresh install on to a SATA hard drive. Windows goes through the normal loading of the drivers and such process. But when it gets to "Setup is starting Windows". It gets hung up.
I have switched between IDE CD/DVD and SATA CD/DVD drives to see if that could be a problem. But there was no difference.
During the loading screen I pressed F5 and manually selected ACPI Multiprocessor. Which of course didn't work. Which doesn't surprise me because I don't really know what it means.
I have followed these steps here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310760
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217073
WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC
Windows appears to not like me these days.
This is a lesson in not being impatient while putting new components together.
Excuse me while I go pull out my new gray hairs.
****Update again****
Just tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64. After hitting any key to run off the DVD, it went into a windows is loading files, it completed that task, now it stays on a black screen.
And it appears it is frozen again. wahoo!
Is there something very simple i could be doing wrong here? or set something up wrong.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So apparently need to load SATA drivers when installing WinXP. I downloaded the drivers from intels website for ICH9R chipset.
In BIOS, I went to "On-Chip ATA Devies" set the RAID MODE to AHCI (IDE, RAID, AHCI were the options) and proceeded to try and install the OS through F6 and load the drivers.
I have a slew of options so I chose the one relevent to the ICH9R.
INTEL(R) ICH9 SATA AHCIController (Desktop ICH9R)
I select that one and then on the next screen hit Enter to continue and windows setup still freezes.
I also went back to BIOS and ATA devices and attempted the RAID configuration but that also failed.
And the IDE setting is what was using during the post below.
So i am really confused.
WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC
If winxp sp2 is needed. I will probably go out and buy Windows Vista. And would buying Vista solve this dilemma?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OLD POST
When doing a fresh install on to a SATA hard drive. Windows goes through the normal loading of the drivers and such process. But when it gets to "Setup is starting Windows". It gets hung up.
I have switched between IDE CD/DVD and SATA CD/DVD drives to see if that could be a problem. But there was no difference.
During the loading screen I pressed F5 and manually selected ACPI Multiprocessor. Which of course didn't work. Which doesn't surprise me because I don't really know what it means.
I have followed these steps here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310760
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217073
WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC
Windows appears to not like me these days.
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