Win XP problems

[JoNo216]

OK.... I just build my freind his computer... And for some reason, his computer will not accept win XP. it will not boot from the CD. It will boot and install win 98 just fine. But anyway you try to install XP it doesn't work. Wether you install 98 and then try it or just try it off the bat. It is the weirdest problem I have ever seen... Please help us.. This is just boggeling my mind..
His system is an AMD 64 3200+ AOpen n250a mobo 1gig cousair value select RAM. Radeon 9800 128 MD ram. DVD burner, and DVD drive. with a 80 MB wesatern digital drive.
So Win XP can definately handel it... this is a very stange problem.
What happens is that the screen will just go blank, with a blinking thing for text insertion, without the ability for text insertion. it will just sit there...
very strange...
please help...

[dariob]

I am guessing that you are setting bios to boot from cd then trying to boot off the xp install cd? That really is wierd. Any more info you can give us?

[JoNo216]

yeah the bios is set to CD ROM then hard drive no third boot, no floppy or anything...
What other information do you need?
I will try and supply...

[ReflexMM]

This is a really good question.

[dariob]

try formating a hard drive blank with a dos bootable system on it, copying the contents of the xp install cd onto that, then boot into the hd and run the install prog from there.

[The_Terminator]

I ran into this as well on an older computer.
Exactly the way you are describing.
I spent a lot of time on it but didn't solve it.
I installed win 98 instead and told my friend to buy a new computer.
I know this doesn't help, but at least you know you're not the only one.

[Direwolf20]

You can boot to a floppy with cd-rom drivers on it so that you can access the cd-rom. Then just run the install program off the CD once you are in dos.

[QPGMRtc]

XP problems installing... The only ones I have had (with a legal copy) were:

1) The first time I did a non-upgrade, clean install, my desktop was blank... (<-- Not really a problem, just freaked me out)

2) Update the mobo bios. This one sounds weird, but I had installed 98(ME), and it worked fine for months. but XP would crash somewhere in the middle of the install. updating the BIOS worked. It was a SOYO mobo though.

edit: 2) was done as a clean install after a clean format and still failed until the BIOS was updated.

[Papa-Ming]

OK.... I just build my freind his computer... And for some reason, his computer will not accept win XP. it will not boot from the CD. It will boot and install win 98 just fine. But anyway you try to install XP it doesn't work. Wether you install 98 and then try it or just try it off the bat. It is the weirdest problem I have ever seen... Please help us.. This is just boggeling my mind..
His system is an AMD 64 3200+ AOpen n250a mobo 1gig cousair value select RAM. Radeon 9800 128 MD ram. DVD burner, and DVD drive. with a 80 MB wesatern digital drive.
So Win XP can definately handel it... this is a very stange problem.
What happens is that the screen will just go blank, with a blinking thing for text insertion, without the ability for text insertion. it will just sit there...
very strange...
please help...

Take out a stick of ram during the install process. Install with 512mgs. Try it.

Couldn't hurt. ;)

And what the above poster said just before I finished typing.

GL :)

[JoNo216]

thanks for the replies.... I will have to try these out.. but my friend only has 1 stick of RAM.. maybe I should bring mine over... hehe

[chinoquezada]

Check the ide connector for the cd-rom. Also set the bios to only boot from cd, nothing else.

[deadoralive]

is this an actual XP disc or a burt copy? sounds like the copy could be screwed up, try a different copy or an actual XP CD, have you tried this CD on your PC?

[JoNo216]

on both burned and legit... weird..
He got fed up and returned his mobo, thinking something in the BIOS was messed up.. Before I got to try anything, because I am away at college and come home on the weekends. he even returned it.. so I guess we shall see what happens..