XP will not install...

Published on March 11, 2005 By Koasati In Windows XP

My wife is trying to install XP on daughters machine. She's having problems, so now I'm involved also.

It's a PII 500MHz, 640MB RAM. I've had XP on a slower machine, so this should work. The trouble is, everytime we get to the screen that says "Press ENTER to install XP", we press enter, and the computer reboots. It's an endless loop. We have removed all cards except video, changed HardDrive, changed CD ROM, reset CMOS, reset BIOS, and a few things I don't remember...... nothing makes any difference.
I don't know what info may or may not be important, so here's what we're working with.......
Jetway 693AS motherboard, Pheonix BIOS. SIS 6326 8M AGP video. Western Digital HD.

Any suggestions? Do I need to supply more info? (just let me know what)
Thanks in advanced.....

Comments (Page 2)

HG_Eliminator

on Mar 12, 2005

certain Nvidia Video cards will stop an XP or 2000 pro install dead in their tracks and reboot the pc..it was a BFG 4600TI for me .. but i have heard others with different cards and the same problem... Try a different v card, install the os .. then when its all set up switch the v card back....hope this helps

KeithMacDonald

on Mar 12, 2005

are you pressing the wrong key? lol, jj. hey, jafo, wats ur email???

Jafo

on Mar 12, 2005

pmar4984@bigpond.net.au ....

Koasati

on Mar 13, 2005

Julie had the proccessor tested while I was at work yesterday ..... it was bad. New motherboard, and processor.... still not working. Replace power supply, better, but still no cigar. Replace video card with my old GeForce MX440....... BINGO! XP installs! Now we can't get it to dialup. Replace modem, and all is good. The only thing left of the old machine is the case, and sound card. Daughter now has a 2GHz system. YAY!

Double Zero

on Mar 13, 2005

LoL..Well good for her! She needed a new PC obviously. im sure she's very happy and rightfully so!
Now go get her that DVD Burner she wants as well!!

LoL!

Zero.

werewolf

on Mar 13, 2005

whew!

Congrats

mswaim

on Mar 14, 2005

Did you put your newer video card back in after the reinstall? My guess (and HG_Eliminator's too) is that it will work fine... at least until you need to reinstall.

Hhaus

on Mar 14, 2005

I Think You Need A Minimum of a Pentium III, to Install XP, but I not sure. You can check the requirements of the installation of your XP version on a microsoft.com search. Also, find a local computer guy in your town, by doing a Yellow page search, and go pay him/her a visit, you'll fing that a PIII will be allot easier to work with, and may not cost allot for you to upgrade to-especially if she likes playing computer games, and will probaly need some of todays current software, for what ever her needs will be, a PIII Is still the minimum for most software, games, and hardware requirements-In most cases, so try and find a PIII, with 550Mhz Processor, on a motherboard, with at least 5 PCI slots, and 1 AGP Slot for her Graphics Card. Hope you can find it, and good luck.

kona0197

on Mar 14, 2005

XP needs a minimum of an Pentium II (Or AMD K62 or K63) running at 400 I believe.

Corky_O

on Mar 14, 2005

Here it is from MS, for the Home addition:

- PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233-MHz minimum required;* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD

/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
- 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
- 1.5 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk space.*
- Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
- CD-ROM or DVD drive
- Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

(sound card, speakers or headphones recommended for full XP experiences)

Jafo

on Mar 14, 2005

Replace video card with my old GeForce MX440....... BINGO! XP installs!

It was sorted at #19, folks....

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