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Old 31st December, 2002, 06:46 AM
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Installing windows on 8RDA+
ive just installed a Epox 8RDA+ and a new Maxtor 120GB HD
it seems to boot fine (detects Hard Drive/CD Rom/Floppy fine) into dos but when i try to boot the windows installation off the CD the system freezes at
"Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration ..."

it doesnt crash but just stops there for some odd reason, ive tried booting from different CD Drives, tried it installing winxp, 2k and even 98! (argh)
each time it stops while loading the installation.

any ideas what could be wrong? i seem to be the only one with this prob.
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:06 AM
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What is your bios setup like? Are you overclocked at all?
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:08 AM
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its the default bios that came with the motherboard (havent changed anything)
and nope its not overclocked.
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Hmm what are your temps like? Perhaps the Northbridge is getting too hot or something!?
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:34 AM
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northbridge does seem a little warm but this is normal from what ive heard?
as for the CPU that runs at around 40 C
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:41 AM
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How are your drives set up, as in master/slave combinations?
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:46 AM
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IDE1 = Maxtor 120GB
IDE2 = LiteOn 40x CD Writer

both as master not using any slaves
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:49 AM
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i may be wrong but could be be something to do with the bios settings? ive tried them on failsafe defaults and optimised defaults with boot order as Floppy, CDRom, HDD-0
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Old 31st December, 2002, 07:53 AM
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Ok thats simple enough then

It is pointing towards something in the bios though. Look for the H.D.D Smart capability option in the bios and try changing that option to whatever it isn't already on.

Failing that give us a run down of your exact bios settings on the Advanced setting page. Multiplier, FSB, memory timings etc.
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Old 31st December, 2002, 10:55 AM
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its working now, got winxp installed
thx for ur help tweaky
although im still not sure what got it working
i just set it to optimised defaults and booted from CDRom.
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