new C2D build hangs when installing XP

Jester1550

Jester1550

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Was hoping for some help here. I've got a new C2D build I put together and I cannot get it to install windows. It will run from the Win XP w/SP2 (slipstreamed myself) and then when I'm asked if I want to install windows I hit enter to proceed and then it says "Please wait..." I've been waiting for 45 minutes already, no movement.

My build:
P5B deluxe
Conroe e6400
2 gigs Corsair XMS2 memory
BFG 7900gs
Seagate 320GB 7200.10
and finally my IDE DVD drive


What I've tried:
Using original XP disk (pre SP1)
3 other HDs (IDE only... install doesn't work here either)
Samsung DDR2 3200... wouldn't boot, I assume the speed is incompatable
IDE to SATA bridge just in case the burner/other IDE drives don't like the IDE controller



What the heck am I doing wrong?
 
More info:
flashed BIOS to 0804 (latest on ASUS website)
Power supply: SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus SS-550HT
 
I may be shooting from the hip here, but I do a lot of hardware repairs on laptops, and I have found that bad CPUs can cause this.
 
BigGreg85 said:
I may be shooting from the hip here, but I do a lot of hardware repairs on laptops, and I have found that bad CPUs can cause this.
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But the CPU is recognized in BIOS and shows correctly, e6400, 2MB cache, 2.13 GHz etc... nothing funky whatsoever.

Could it really be the CPU?
 
All the drives boot up fine on other systems. I've tried installing XP on the IDE drives using my AMD T-bird 1.0GHz (just yesterday) with no problems.

Are these HDs incompatable? Both the SATA and IDEs are recognized on boot.



I'm beginning to suspect the motherboard... any thoughts?
 
Sounds like a memory issue to me. Download memtest86 and burn it to a cd. Then boot from that cd and let it run for a couple hours. See if there are any errors. Can you boot from a Live Linux CD? You could try that as well.

Depending on what memtest tells you you could also try booting with one stick of RAM in or adjusting your RAM settings in the BIOS. Take one stick out and see if it works.

By the way, the other RAM you tried - Was it DDR or DDR2 RAM? Your motherboard will only take DDR2 RAM so verify you dod indeed have DDR2.

Let us know what memtest says and what your RAM timings are set to in the BIOS.
 
I just purchased my C2D system and had XP setup hang on a black screen after the initial boot of the CD. You are getting further into the setup than I was, but below is what I had to do.

Quick Summary: You might need to play around with your SATA / IDE settings.

I had to set my SATA settings to combined (with IDE2 setting the IDE channel as secondary to my SATA port). Then I had to go into the first BIOS screen and take IDE1 off of auto detect and set it to none, so it would only autodetect my cdroms.

The problem is that after you do the initial setup and the hard drive boots into the second stage of the setup you have to put the IDE1 back to autodetect or you will get an error with no bootable device.

Now you may ask WTF?!?!? I don't have a floppy drive in my computer so I didn't set it to AHCI (which I am working on doing) so I can't install a external driver on the setup (F6 option).

Good Luck and I hope it isn't too confusing :).

Of course those BIOS options were for an Abit AW9D mobo, so your might be a little different.
 
metallicafan said:
Sounds like a memory issue to me. Download memtest86 and burn it to a cd. Then boot from that cd and let it run for a couple hours. See if there are any errors. Can you boot from a Live Linux CD? You could try that as well.

Depending on what memtest tells you you could also try booting with one stick of RAM in or adjusting your RAM settings in the BIOS. Take one stick out and see if it works.

By the way, the other RAM you tried - Was it DDR or DDR2 RAM? Your motherboard will only take DDR2 RAM so verify you dod indeed have DDR2.

Let us know what memtest says and what your RAM timings are set to in the BIOS.
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Winner

My corsair sticks were bad. I went to circuit city and bought a stick of Kingston and it fired right up. Memtest wouldn't even start for the Corsair sticks, but the Kingston stick went right into memtest. Looks like I'll be RMAing that memory.

Incidentally, the other memory I tried was DDR2 3200 (old skool I know...I wasn't even sure if it would boot). Also I tried the Corsair in another DDR2 system and again it wouldn't boot there.
 
KevinO said:
I just purchased my C2D system and had XP setup hang on a black screen after the initial boot of the CD. You are getting further into the setup than I was, but below is what I had to do.

Quick Summary: You might need to play around with your SATA / IDE settings.

I had to set my SATA settings to combined (with IDE2 setting the IDE channel as secondary to my SATA port). Then I had to go into the first BIOS screen and take IDE1 off of auto detect and set it to none, so it would only autodetect my cdroms.

The problem is that after you do the initial setup and the hard drive boots into the second stage of the setup you have to put the IDE1 back to autodetect or you will get an error with no bootable device.

Now you may ask WTF?!?!? I don't have a floppy drive in my computer so I didn't set it to AHCI (which I am working on doing) so I can't install a external driver on the setup (F6 option).

Good Luck and I hope it isn't too confusing :).

Of course those BIOS options were for an Abit AW9D mobo, so your might be a little different.
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Thanks for the input man, I actually have to RMA my SATA drive because it was DOA. I tried formatting it in another system... but it wouldn't go at all. Then I put the drive to my ears and hear clicking and beeping, yep I'll be RMAing this as well.
 
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