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I had a similar problem, in the end it was the processor.Below is the url for the tips I was given to solve the problem, it may be of help to you. thread779-482677

I use both Easy Cd & Nero with no problems at all. You must install Easy CD and the update patch without restarting your PC in between these actions. If you install Easy Cd, shut down your PC then install the patch, you may well have problems.

Many thanks for your help, Ive just plugged the old fan back in and hey presto! the PC booted up fine.

Yes it was the CPU fan I replaced, it has a 3 wire plug, the replacement fan is very similar the only difference being the size of the heat sink.

I have taken all the cards and memory out and reseated them all, still the same problem.

I attempted to boot my PC after I had changed a noisy CPU fan,the fan did stop for about 2 seconds, there was one long beep during the post after which the PC shut down, nothing is visible on the monitor.The BIOS is Award. Is my CPU fried ?

Does anybody know if you can put an AMD 4 1.2GHZ Mobile processor in a desktop PC? The processor is Socket A

Linney, FYI I finally got to the bottom of this, The error "16 bit DOS subsystem NTVDM CPU illegal instruction" was being generated by a faulty CPU. This has been replaced, now the PC works perfectly. Thanks for your input in helping me solve this problem.

Linney, Ive finally got to the bottom of this !! I replaced the CPU now everything is working fine, no NTVDM error message, all the software loads & runs fine. Many thanks for your input into this problem.

Guys, Ive tried using MEMTEST86, I expanded the files & tried to send them to the floppy as instructed in the read me, I received the following error " 16 bit windows subsystem, c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction close or ignore, this appears twice...

Linney, If I copy the cds setup programme to the hard drive I get the same results. Johnodq, The processor is an Athlon T'bird 1200 200 fsb socket A, this processor is second hand. An IBM friend suggests a Bios upgrade & if that fails change the CPU, he is convinced its hardware. I will let...

Linney, This was a brand new raw HDD I installed today,nothing on it at all, brand new out of the bag, I deliberately did'nt install any drivers so as I could rule them out, the old HDD did have 98 on it, it worked fine for sometime, I have tried both XP home & Pro with the same results. I cant...

Linney, Thanx for your help. in a nutshell I got no where, so to cut a long story short I put in a new HDD, installed XP but no drivers for Sound or Graphics cards, put in an Encarta CD guess what !!! up came the very same error. Do you think this now points to to CPU ?

yes, the floppy is readable in windows, I have tried other boots discs, the PCD then hangs at the "reading DMI table" during boot up

Use the telephone option to re register XP, they will give you a new activation code to use, this works, Ive recently done it.

When attempting to boot to a floppy I receive the following error message " error reading partition table drive 01 sector 0 Interrupt divide by zero stack etc ...." does this indicate a HDD fault ?

I have recently installed XP Pro, now when I attempt to install various software via either of my CD Roms I am greeted with the error " NTVDM CPU illegal instruction, close or ignore. Choosing ignore does nothing, if I use " my computer " to get to the softwares setup icon I get...