Re: Computer stops right at boot


"jbrandonbb@xxxxxxxxx" <johnmbrandon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 14, 9:34 pm, Paul <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jbrando...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
A problem copying files, could be bad media, bad drive, flaky
I/O with motherboard, or bad RAM corrupting the decompression.
(Assuming Vista checks the checksum of the stuff it has
expanded etc.)

Paul

Ubuntu installed fine, no problems. I am starting to suspect
motherboard. It just seems like it is giving me grief. I have tried
installing with a different DVD drive, different HDD, etc. Next I will
try with two fewer RAM chips and see if that helps. It's confusing
when Linux installs fine but Windows won't, as though Windows is
trying to do something and is bumping into the same problem. Of
course, I have no overwritten the Linux install in trying to install
Windows again so I will have to re-install again to test out the
testing software you mentioned...

That error does come up in the search, but no one seems to have a
startling remedy...

- JB

If you can install Linux, then give Prime95 (mersenne.org) a try. The
purpose of running the torture test, is to detect processor or RAM
problems.
If you use separate directories to hold the executable, you can even
run multiple copies (being careful to set the max RAM on each one
to a reasonable value).

Vista has a problem installing on a 4GB system. One solution
is removing some RAM, doing the install, and then putting the
RAM back.

While running Linux, can you read the entire contents of the Vista
media, without a problem ?

Paul

One other thing on this nightmare install -- when I try to load XP
(with the idea that I could upgrade to Vista later) it says "error
loading operating system" after the first reboot which tells me the
optical media is fine: why would two different discs produce similar
errors? I have also used two diff DVD drives, two diff HDDs. The only
commonality is this BLANK BLANK motherboard.

Are you using the F6 option to load your disk controller drivers?.......XP
will only load them from floppy, so you may need to install one if you don't
have one installed. Vista can install them from a thumb drive or optical
disk.

Ed


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