Hi guys,
I'm about to go nuts. Apologies for the cross post - but I think it may do better in here!
I'm trying to install WinXP Pro on my new system (see sig).
I have the Raptors in RAID-0 attached to ports 1 & 2 of the NVRAID SATA ports, and a simple PATA CD/RW attached to the Primary IDE port.
I am running Windows setup from CD (a late WinXP Pro OEM disc with SP2), installing the latest NVRAID drivers (both components) (6.39?) from Nvidia site, using F6 option from floppy. The format and install goes well, stupidly quick in fact
However, on the restart into Windows for the first time (where the dodgy logo animation plays and offers to 'help' you with your final account setup), the animation hangs immediately the computer freezes.
I am forced to tap reset, and Windows boots again, but this time to the 'User logon' screen. When I select Administrator and type my password, about 2 seconds of disc activity, and it hangs again and restarts.
I am running the latest trusted release BIOS1003, and am not connected to the Internet at that stage.
I have reset BIOS to pretty much default everything, but enabled PnP OS YES, and disabled Cool'n'Quiet.
I have also since disabled onboard sound and a serial ports that I do not intend to use, reinstalled several times, with no improvement.
Having tried this twice, with exactly the same results, I figured I would try installing WITHOUT the Raptors in RAID0 - just set them up as two drives in BIOS.
That time around, Windows setup completed and I actually got into the desktop! Woohoo - however...
I set about installing the latest ForceWare drivers of a CD I burnt... Windows seemed happy, and found a couple of devices, then asked to restart...
On restart, the same damn hanging issues.. So I'm pretty convinced that it's an issue with these Nvidia IDE/ATA/SATA drivers, but I'm using the latest everything, so I MUST be missing something!!
Please please please save my sanity!!
Suggest anything you think I may have missed! Is anyone else having these issues??
S.
__________________
IN PROGRESS: AMD 64 3500+ | Asus AN8-SLI-Deluxe | 2 x OCZ 512MB PC3200EL C2 R2 | 2 x XFX 6800GT's | Creative SoundBlaster Live | 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor's (RAID-0) | Optical drives TBD | OCZ Powerstream 600w | ThermalRight XP-120 | 2 x Arctic Cooling NV5's | 1xLuxotop-R120 1xAC-3TC-80 2xAC-ProTC-80's | CoolerMaster Wavemaster Black | Iiyama VisionMaster Pro454 19" CRT | Cambridge Soundworks Digital 5.1 Surround | MS Sidewinder Force Steering Wheel | MS Sidewinder Force Joystick | MS Intellimouse Explorer Optical | El-cheapo PS/2 keyboard | WinXP Pro
I'm about to go nuts. Apologies for the cross post - but I think it may do better in here!
I'm trying to install WinXP Pro on my new system (see sig).
I have the Raptors in RAID-0 attached to ports 1 & 2 of the NVRAID SATA ports, and a simple PATA CD/RW attached to the Primary IDE port.
I am running Windows setup from CD (a late WinXP Pro OEM disc with SP2), installing the latest NVRAID drivers (both components) (6.39?) from Nvidia site, using F6 option from floppy. The format and install goes well, stupidly quick in fact
However, on the restart into Windows for the first time (where the dodgy logo animation plays and offers to 'help' you with your final account setup), the animation hangs immediately the computer freezes.
I am forced to tap reset, and Windows boots again, but this time to the 'User logon' screen. When I select Administrator and type my password, about 2 seconds of disc activity, and it hangs again and restarts.
I am running the latest trusted release BIOS1003, and am not connected to the Internet at that stage.
I have reset BIOS to pretty much default everything, but enabled PnP OS YES, and disabled Cool'n'Quiet.
I have also since disabled onboard sound and a serial ports that I do not intend to use, reinstalled several times, with no improvement.
Having tried this twice, with exactly the same results, I figured I would try installing WITHOUT the Raptors in RAID0 - just set them up as two drives in BIOS.
That time around, Windows setup completed and I actually got into the desktop! Woohoo - however...
I set about installing the latest ForceWare drivers of a CD I burnt... Windows seemed happy, and found a couple of devices, then asked to restart...
On restart, the same damn hanging issues.. So I'm pretty convinced that it's an issue with these Nvidia IDE/ATA/SATA drivers, but I'm using the latest everything, so I MUST be missing something!!
Please please please save my sanity!!
Suggest anything you think I may have missed! Is anyone else having these issues??
S.
__________________
IN PROGRESS: AMD 64 3500+ | Asus AN8-SLI-Deluxe | 2 x OCZ 512MB PC3200EL C2 R2 | 2 x XFX 6800GT's | Creative SoundBlaster Live | 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor's (RAID-0) | Optical drives TBD | OCZ Powerstream 600w | ThermalRight XP-120 | 2 x Arctic Cooling NV5's | 1xLuxotop-R120 1xAC-3TC-80 2xAC-ProTC-80's | CoolerMaster Wavemaster Black | Iiyama VisionMaster Pro454 19" CRT | Cambridge Soundworks Digital 5.1 Surround | MS Sidewinder Force Steering Wheel | MS Sidewinder Force Joystick | MS Intellimouse Explorer Optical | El-cheapo PS/2 keyboard | WinXP Pro
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