Problem installing XP w/DFI nF4 SLI-DR

[Ryan9026]

Hi, I had a 866 dell running xp pro just fine but I wanted a new comp. So I bought the DFI nF4 SLI-DR motherboard, AMD 64 4000, 1GB mem, NVidida 6800 GT 256, and enermax 500W. I've tried to install winxp pro 32, 64, and media center edition. I NTFS formatted the C: partition of the 120gb hd with Partiton magic 8 floppy. When it asks to hit enter to install xp or R for recovery I hit enter and it system halts. I've installed Windows plenty of times before on other systems with no problems. I tried the factory bios settings and then I loaded the bios defaults, still no luck. I can however run Knoppix off the cd just fine. I can see my PATA NTFS harddrives and all the files I have on my partitions through knoppix. Any ideas why the system halts when I try to install XP?

 

[NACZ3]

You may have a bios version issue of some type. What bios version do you have? Try posting in the motherboard forum or AMD forum for some help too. (edit, was moved from "general hardware")

This thread mentions that a bios fix helped with installation problems with WINXP SP2
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=916256

"DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D – The board didn’t have a revision number, but it’s fairly new because it shipped with the 0310 BIOS. This allowed the 4400+ to POST, but I was getting constant BSODs installing Windows XP Professional SP2. I flashed it to Oskar Wu’s 0510-3 BIOS and it worked like a charm (note the -3 suffix means the BIOS is optimized for TCCD)."

Other good forums for help are:

http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66

Thread with some good links:

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=390283

Also try www.dfi-street.com

Hope that helps somewhat.

 

[Ryan9026]

ran memtest86+ and it said i had bad ram. but it works fine now after i took one stick of mem out. I have to figure out the bios settings for the mem now

Edit: Awesome links, they will definetly help me set this mofo right