System Gone Wrong.

[flip1234]

My cousin and I just made a system, but theres a problem.
When we boot the pc it loads all the way up to the windows xp boot screen, then a blue screen comes up for like a second and then it restarts. These are the specs of the system.

(Case)

Mid Tower 350W

(Motherboard)

PCChips KT266A Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "M811LU" -RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU: Socket A AMD Athlon/Duron Processor
Chipset: VIA KT266A + VT8235
FSB: 200/266MHz
RAM: 2x DIMM for DDR200/266 Max 2GB
IDE: 2x UltraDMA 133 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 4X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,6xUSB(rear 4),1xLAN,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: VIA VT1612A Audio Codec
Onboard LAN: VIA VT6103 10/100Mbps
Form Factor: ATX

(CPU)

AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 266 FSB, 256K Cache Processor - OEM

Model# AXDA2400DKV3C
Item # N82E16819103335
Specification
Model: AMD Athlon XP 2400+
Core: Thoroughbred
Operating Frequency: 2.0GHz
FSB: 266MHz
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/256K
Voltage: 1.65V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket A
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+
Packaging: OEM(Processor Only)

(Cpu Fan)

Speeze Socket A 462 CPU Fan Up to Athlon XP 3200+, 5T321

(Memory)

256MB DDR333 PC2700

(Video Card)

eVGA nVIDIA GeForce4 MX440SE Video Card, 64MB DDR, 64-bit, Dual VGA, 4X AGP, Model "e-GeForce4 MX 440 SE(

- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX440SE/250MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 64MB DDR/333MHz
BUS: AGP 1X/2X/4X
Ports: DUAL VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)
Support 3D API: DirectX®7.1, OpenGL®1.3
Cable/Accessories: Driver CD
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@60Hz
Retail Box (See pics for details)

(HDD)

Maxtor 30gb

(OS)

WinXP Pro

(Drives)

(Master)Memorex 40x Burner
(Slave)16x Dvd Player
Floppy

(We keep the maxtor hdd 30.gb from his old comp)
should I reformat the hdd.

does anybody know what's wrong with it.
thanks.

 

[jrbarnett]

Have you got an installation of Windows from the previous system still on the hard drive or did you wipe it before attempting to reinstall?

John

 

[NaiDanac]

Format the HDD before you try to install winxp

 

[flip1234]

It still has Windows from the previous system still on the hard drive.

 

[jrbarnett]

In that case, boot from the Windows CD, erase the partition and install from scratch.
If you have not yet backed up the data, slave it to another system (or reinstall it in the original), boot up and copy the data off.

John

 

[flip1234]

you dont think It doesn't have to do anything with the power
or the motherboard.

 

[jrbarnett]

Unless the old system peripherals are absolutely identical to the new ones (eg video card, network card, graphics card, sound card, hard disk controller) then there will be driver differences.
While XP can cope with some, there's only so much it can do.
Best advice is to wipe the hard drive then start again if there's a lot that is different.

John

 

[paparazi]

flip1234
As others have already said, your hard drive has a Windows setup already installed BUT configured on a completly differant set of hardware components, it simply is trying to load drivers for hardware that just aint there no more!
Forget any other theories untill you have formatted and clean installed on your new rig.
Operating system followed by motherboard drivers.
Martin

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[YellowOnline]

I don't (really) agree with some peoples driver comments on here. I switch hard disks a lot from computer to computer, and with an OS like WinXP that shouldn't be a problem because WinXP would just recognize the drivers needed for the new hardware.
It could be the problem only if very uncommon hardware is used, but all I see in the specs up this page are major brands... so it's unlikely because of that.

It would help if you could tell us if -and if, which- an error comes on the BSOD before it reboots. My guess would be an IRQ-conflict. Reboot your computer every time a new device is installed. Some networkcards can cause this for example, if you install two the same ones in one time.

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Of course, this is experience based... I didn't study for this, so my opinion is without guarantee

Peace,

Yellow

 

[Freestone]

Without knowing the pedigree of the previous system(s) the hard drive was installed in, I would agree with the majority that a clean install of XP is called for after retrieving wanted data.

 

[paparazi]

YellowOnline
As flip1234 has indicated BSOD, in his particular case, his installation of XP doesn't seem to be able to overcome the required driver changes.
I agree, in some instances XP can handle such changes but even when it does there are often other running issues that materialize further down the track.
Martin


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