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GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 13:58 |
sjdickso, cheers fella, if i can't get it working tonight it'll be sent back | |
Sjdickso |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 13:47 |
I build pcs all the time. I have had this happen to me twice when installing xp just after the format either ntfs or fat you get error messages. Both times it has either been a bad stick or memory or the motherboard. | |
sunnyb |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 13:04 |
yeah do that mate! trial and error | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 13:01 |
Ahh right ok, so it could be ram. I'll thief some out of my comp and put em in if it don't work by removin other bits! | |
sunnyb |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:53 |
thats what i meant steve106gti! | |
Steve |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:52 |
RAM error, jut cuase it test on the POST doesnt mean to say all blocks of RAM are fine | |
DAYZEE |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:52 |
quote: Exactly the problem, you can have a bad stick which will post fine but will fail when data is put through it. I've actually got 2 sticks of Corsair 512Mb DIMMs here, they look fine on post but you can't install XP with them in. I replaced then with 1 crabby old stick I had lying around and XP installed with no errors. RAM problems are a b@stard! | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:50 |
i'll hava go at pulling some stuff out tonight and i'll let u know how i get on on monday sunny mate :D cheers | |
sunnyb |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:38 |
RAM may be ok at startup but when it need to process sumthing thats when im guessing it falls over! | |
sunnyb |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:37 |
tel ya what gibbs mate ram is a major issue these days if uve got another stick of ram then chuck that in give it a go/ graphics another typical compatibility issue! like i said let me know i'll help ya out! family business is pc shop! | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:36 |
ram's fine, it's not a ram error as that doesnt let u past setup screen u'll get a fire siren going off if wrong ram normally ! lol | |
DAYZEE |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:34 |
quote: Use a bootdisk and run it from there. I've experienced problems like this with dodgy RAM. | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:27 |
quote: i have no operating system installed, the computer does not understnad scandisk yet! [Edited on 16-01-2004 by GIBBS] | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:25 |
i've been thinkin about possible causes, and i'm thinking a hardware compatability issue, so i'm gona pull bits out untill it runs! | |
Siberia |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:24 |
ah yeh run scandisk might be a few bad clusters on the disk | |
l33t corsa |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:20 |
Download a Knoppix Live Linux distro (basically boots and runs Linux from the CD, no install). See if that works. | |
Siberia |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:18 |
does it have the minimum requirement for xp | |
sunnyb |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:17 |
i'll sort it out mate im in kent too so cant be too far away from ya! | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:09 |
it does boot from disk, thing is, i'm very computer skilled and this is stumping me! i don't know what to do, everything is running fine i'm jus wondering if needs special first install | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:08 |
yea that's fine, it gets as far as formatting to ntfs then starts to install a bit then get the error | |
Greg_M |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:07 |
if you bought it second hand then people are not supposed to sell on with operating sytem installed as it will be registered to the previous owner. | |
Siberia |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:07 |
no it should work no bother as XP is very user friendly | |
Icy |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:06 |
shouldnt do as when i installed xp | |
GIBBS |
posted on 16th Jan 04 at 12:05 |
as above, bro's bought a brand new comp with nothing on so it's basically just hardware together no windows nothing, but when i try to install some of the xp's i've got (wink wink) we just get a error about not all software installed properly or somethingelse or something else jus a list of why the error could be happenin, blue background white writing! why will it not work? do u need a proper retail copy to install onto the computer or some other type of xp for the first install of a windows? |