jam4brains

Hi. I wonder if anyone can help me After WinXP setup has restarted for the first time, i.e. when it boots up in "DOS" mode with a screen that says "Press F6 if you have a SCSI or third party......." As soon as it gets to the message "Starting Windows Setup" my PC hangs... I have tried stripping the PC down to the minimum, i.e. Graphics card only card installed... to eliminate any hardware conflicts, but the problem remains... any ideas any1? Pc config - Abit KT7A m/board(VIA chipset), AMD Duron 800, 384Mb RAM, 15Gb HD, Geforce 2MX 200 Graphics card.

yeah, its weird isn't it. Apparently it only happens with GeForce cards... strange seeing how Microsoft and Nvidia are almost married, with the XBox and all...... odd glad to have helped some people

OK. I solved it. The problem was with the GeForce2MX I removed the card, and replaced it with an old PCI Cirrus Logic 1Mb job. WindowsXP installed fine after installation had finished, I swapped the graphics cards back, Installed the detonatorXP drivers, and everything is groovy!!! just thought I'd let u know as it may solve other peoples problems too.... cheers

hmmm no, its not the BIOS antivirus, it has already got past that stage, as it has modified the boot sector already, besides I hate that thing anyway! Always turn it off. hehe Anymore suggestions!??? I am eternally grateful.... hehe

thankyou every1 for your help, but I don't have the RAID version of the motherboard, just the plain vanilla KT7A. Hmmmmmm any more ideas?