P4r800-vm winxp install problems - please help before I go..

[Jim]

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As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
screens everywhere 🙁

I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force the
speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
turkey or am I missing something

 

[Paul]

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In article <2n696nFt5iptU1@uni-berlin.de>, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:

> As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
> screens everywhere 🙁
>
> I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force the
> speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
> Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
> turkey or am I missing something

Oh, and disable hyperthreading, as that will reduce the power
consumption a bit. One of the BIOS release notes says they
added an option to disable hyperthreading in one of the
BIOS.

Paul

 

[jk]

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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:36:01 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:

>As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
>screens everywhere 🙁
>
>I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force the
>speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
>Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
>turkey or am I missing something
>

It is not a prescott you use ?

http://forums.devhardware.com/t20412/s.html

tells problems with that

A place to look:
http://www.asusforums.org/

or use google and search with: p4r800-vm + text

Another thing you could try is:

Cheat with installation.

One take an installation for another chipset.

Boot on it, blue screen of course.

Then boot on the xp cd. Second time Repair is offered, choose repair
(just after F8 agreement screen)

then go on. Registry is not overwritten by this method.

best regards

John

 

[jk]

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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 05:14:54 -0400, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:


>You are not alone.
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=7b47c404.0402091312.7b0a6e43%40posting.google.com
>


Quite interesting !

I actually thought that the p4R800-VM was one of the best
onboard-graphics P4 systems one could get !

but since I am an AMD man, and besides that loved the tualatins much
(and modified many slot-1 and s370 boards for the use of these), I
have not tried the P4R800-VM myself and never owned a P4 system.

best regards

John

 

[jk]

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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:36:01 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:

>As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
>screens everywhere 🙁
>
>I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force the
>speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
>Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
>turkey or am I missing something
>


http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=72136

They tell they were unable to test the board in 200/200 mode.

So you might be right, that your c-version P4 is not the best on that
board.

best regards

John

 

[Jim]

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Just thought I'd let you all know it turned out to be CPU faulty , verified
by installing a 2.4 and install sailed through


"JK" <(please reply to group, email invalid) junk@mail.dk> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:36:01 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
>>screens everywhere 🙁
>>
>>I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force
>>the
>>speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
>>Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
>>turkey or am I missing something
>>
>
>
> http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=72136
>
> They tell they were unable to test the board in 200/200 mode.
>
> So you might be right, that your c-version P4 is not the best on that
> board.
>
> best regards
>
> John

 

[Tim]

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What do the blue screens say?
It helps to tell us what the error messages are.

If you are getting various and varied then check the following in order:

1. Memory - get memtest86 and run for a minimum of 5 extended runs - note
what the web site www.memtest86.com says about test #5. If you get any
errors, they have to be resolved before you can install an OS. Run overnight
preferrably.

2. PSU - is it correctly sized? IE give a full and detailed inventory of
your installed hardware - make model & any other information you feel may be
relevant. If the PSU is overloaded all sorts of things can go wrong.

3. Download and use the HDD vendors diagnostics to test your HDD.

4. Remove all extraneous / non essential hardware until you have the system
up and stable.

5. Disable all unused / non essential items in the bios. EG if there is
sound, firewire, network disable them.

6. Many other things, but if you can post back with the progress of the
above people will then be able to help.

7. Don't use a large partition for C: 16 GB is enough for most, 32 GB if you
have a hooer of software - it is of no benefit to you putting all eggs in
one basket without thought, so allocate C for "System" and bung all user
data elsewhere so that you can plan for system reinstallation and back
processes IE reinstall C, backup / restore data in D... E: for read only
data EG reference databases, etc. as per your needs.

Giving us a hardware inventory is important when diagnosing problems such as
this.

Have you tried a cmos clear & load of bios defaults?
Somewhere you mentioned using the latest bios - it is essential to flash
correctly & load bios defaults.

HTH
- Tim


"Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2n696nFt5iptU1@uni-berlin.de...
> As detailed in posts earlier I simply cannot get an os installed - it blue
> screens everywhere 🙁
>
> I have now tried installing both pc3200 dims in slots 1a , 2a - to force
> the speed down to ddr333 to see if this helps still no joy 🙁
> Have upgraded the bios to latest and still wont install - have I bought a
> turkey or am I missing something
>

 

[jk]

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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:45:49 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Just thought I'd let you all know it turned out to be CPU faulty , verified
>by installing a 2.4 and install sailed through
>

Is that 2.4 GHz for fsb800 or fsb533 ?

best regards

John

 

[Jim]

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It was fsb 533
But I had already tried the 3.0 with lower spec memory to reduce the bus
speed and it still failed

"JK" <(please reply to group, email invalid) junk@mail.dk> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:45:49 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Just thought I'd let you all know it turned out to be CPU faulty ,
>>verified
>>by installing a 2.4 and install sailed through
>>
>
> Is that 2.4 GHz for fsb800 or fsb533 ?
>
> best regards
>
> John
>

 

[jk]

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On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:41:40 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:

>It was fsb 533
>But I had already tried the 3.0 with lower spec memory to reduce the bus
>speed and it still failed
>

Well, but you probably just set memory fsb down to 166, but what about
cpu fsb ?

If this also steps down, it should show the speed 2505=15 x 167 during
boot.
If it still shows 3 GHz (15x200) during boot, then cpu fsb is 200.

But that is with the old cpu, and you have got another speed now.

best regards

John

>"JK" <(please reply to group, email invalid) junk@mail.dk> wrote in message
>news:b5dug0p05m61het45cio0ee1e4m31178bf@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:45:49 +0100, "Jim" <pir8j@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Just thought I'd let you all know it turned out to be CPU faulty ,
>>>verified
>>>by installing a 2.4 and install sailed through
>>>
>>
>> Is that 2.4 GHz for fsb800 or fsb533 ?
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> John
>>
>