Thanks everyone for the tips....you're great.   I downloaded and ran CDcheck
and memtest 3.0.  It turned out that the replacement memory was also bad.
Then when I put the original configuration back in, the BIOS fingered the
original as bad...but the memtest caught bad ram when the BIOS didn't.  I
was able to load XP with a good stick of 64Meg ram, and it runs pretty good
in classic mode without much installed.  Will wait until the memory is RMA'd
to install a lot of stuff on the machine since it is not in a critical
position.


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In the XP install, right at the beginning where it say press F6 to install
3rd party drivers, press F5 and you'll get a menu of what kind of system you
want to install.  You can avoid ACPI there and select the generic HAL.


Ben Moore

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows XP/machine problems
> Two things come to mind.
> Your BIOS can't be compatible with XP since XP changes all the rules about
> how a BIOS and the OS inter-react... (This is a feature, not a bug...)
> Some where right near the beginning of the XP installation, you need to
hit a key
> that will allow you to "force" a generic HAL. (Hardware Abstraction
Layer.)
> You want one with NO power management. (That is what ACPI stands for.)
>
> As far as files not found when you KNOW they are there during an install.
> I get that when my RAM is marginally defective.  You might want to beg,
(or
> borrow) some different RAM.   Good luck...
>

George&Mary Skokan ([log in to unmask])

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