Problems installing OS

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:40 pm

I'm building a test system to do some platform testing/QA stuff with, its a Jetway 861CS mobo with a Duron 700MHz CPU and 2x128MB of PC-133 RAM.

The system posts fine and detects all the IDE devices (CD-ROM and a HDD) and prompts me to boot from CD-ROM, but when I do this, it goes to the "Setup is inspecting your computers Hardware Configuration..." prompt and then jsut hangs there.

I've tried different memory sticks, I've cleared the CMOS and tried both a WinXP and a Win2K boot disk, all to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Saboka32 · Post by **Saboka32** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:19 pm

I had is problem the other day, Setup would keep freezing, XP and 98se. I switched up CPU's from an AMD to a celeron and Setup worked great.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:33 pm

Saboka32 wrote:I had is problem the other day, Setup would keep freezing, XP and 98se. I switched up CPU's from an AMD to a celeron and Setup worked great.

What? You put a celeron in an AMD socket?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:36 pm

Blisster wrote:I'm building a test system to do some platform testing/QA stuff with, its a Jetway 861CS mobo with a Duron 700MHz CPU and 2x128MB of PC-133 RAM.

The system posts fine and detects all the IDE devices (CD-ROM and a HDD) and prompts me to boot from CD-ROM, but when I do this, it goes to the "Setup is inspecting your computers Hardware Configuration..." prompt and then jsut hangs there.

I've tried different memory sticks, I've cleared the CMOS and tried both a WinXP and a Win2K boot disk, all to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Will a pebuilder CD load?

i'd try 1 stick of ram, maybe up the ram voltage a bit if you can.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:38 pm

how long did it hang??? I've noticed some systems sit there for several minutes before going on with the loading.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:41 pm

Sava700 wrote:how long did it hang??? I've noticed some systems sit there for several minutes before going on with the loading.

It hung overnight

Tried an Unbuntu Live disc, had a failure. I've tried 3 different CD-Rom drives, thinking either the IDE cable or IDE contoller might be hosed.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:43 pm

Blisster,

Hi2u!

Did you run any memtest type program on the memory?

Is the CPU fan spinning?

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:50 pm

no memtest.

It posts, all fans spin, goes through all the BIOS stuff. I think its an IDE issue, but not sure yet.

Saboka32 · Post by **Saboka32** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:37 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:What? You put a celeron in an AMD socket?

Yes, I was using an older AMD that could fit into a socket seven. I don't know why but I guess the motherboard didnt like AMD processor, So I switched em up and setup worked great.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:46 pm

Update?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:59 pm

Saboka32 wrote:Yes, I was using an older AMD that could fit into a socket seven. I don't know why but I guess the motherboard didnt like AMD processor, So I switched em up and setup worked great.

I think i'm dizzy from thinking that far back.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:01 pm

I trashed the system and bought an old PII system to test on. I've already wasted too many hours on it, I think the IDE contoller is shot or something.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:22 pm

did u try install it from floppy ?
sys c: a:
system transferred
and then just copy command.com,autoexec and config

boot it from floppy and u should be able install win98 and me from it

its very old way but i got quite a few of them hidden just in a case something will happen with older computers