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What is the video card,,,some Geforce cards wont load XP.

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"JH" <jdh@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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> "Steve" <snoopydog@accesswave.ca> wrote in message
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> > Hi All..
> >
> >     I have a rather weird computer problem. Reloading the operating
system
> > (WinXP Home) and it gets as far as "Starting Windows" and stays there
for
> > HOURS, I let it go all day to see if it would start but no go.
> >     I loaded Windows ME on it and it worked fine. Tried XP Pro and no go
> > either. The reason for the reload was some weird activity going on,
might
> > have been a virus.
> >     Did FDisk and format after that and still no go. Anyone have any
ideas
> > why this won't load XP but will load Millenium? I'm stumped!
> >
> >     Steve
> >
> >
>
> How far into the installation process did you get? Did the installation
> itself complete and it just won't boot?  It is strange that ME would work
> but XP won't.  I do know that XP can be pickier about RAM than Windows 9x
> is.  You could download MemTest86 from http://www.memtest86.com/  This
> program will create a boot disk that you can use to test your memory.  It
> will take a good hour or so to do a full set of tests and if it reports
any
> errors or faults, your RAM is suspect.
>
> If that yields nothing, something that you can try assuming you are
> comfortable with installing and removing hardware is to try to install XP
on
> a basic hardware configuration with no extras.  It is possible that XP is
> trying to load an incompatible driver for a piece of hardware that you
have
> installed and that is causing it to freeze up.  How you would do this
would
> be to strip your computer down to only having the basic components: the
> power supply, motherboard, one stick of RAM, the processor (with heat
sink)
> and the video card and keyboard.  Then run the Windows setup.  If Windows
> installs fine with these components, you know that they are all good.
Then
> you can one at a time add back in your sound card, extra RAM sticks,
network
> card, modem, and whatever other things you had.  As soon as it locks up
> after you add an item, its a good bet that that item is either faulty or
> incompatible in some way.  If it won't install with even a stripped down
> configuration, you then know that the problem exists with one of the core
> pieces of hardware.  If you don't have extras lying around to test for
this,
> your best bet may be to go to a computer store to get it tested.
>
>