Xp freezes during setup

While there are several well-known methods of troubleshooting system memory some of which I will talk about in the next section , there is one technique that is often overlooked. Most system board manufacturers assume that you are going to be installing 1.

If you use memory that is rated for even a slightly higher voltage, the system will tend to lock up at random intervals. If you discover that you are not using 1. Some system boards will allow you to adjust the memory voltage through the BIOS. As I mentioned in the previous section, most of the time when Windows Setup freezes, the problem can be traced to memory.

If you suspect that memory may be to blame, try removing all but one memory module and see if that corrects the problem. If it doesn't, try swapping the remaining memory module with a known good one to rule out the possibility of bad memory.

If that doesn't solve the problem, try downloading the system board's documentation. You can use the documentation to verify that the memory's speed is supported. Just because a memory module fits into a slot on a system board, that doesn't necessarily mean that the system board can use it.

Status Not open for further replies. It's a P4 2. When i try to install Windows XP it freezes in the very beginning, where the screen is blue where it says Setup is Starting Windows the screen before the partitions are displayed.

So i took out the periherals tv tuner card, modem , disabled onboard audio, lan, usb, and PlugnPlay OS i set to NO in bios. I also changed the memory and the hard drive and still the install freezes. Am i left with the conclusion of a bad motherboard?

Everytime i boot into it, it freezes after being on it for like 2 minutes. That was my reasoning for reinstalling XP. Kinda sounds like possible overheating, just guessing here. Maybe try dusting off heatsink, I have seen heatsinks with so much dust that it did cause lockups like this.

Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Monday, May 12, AM. May I assume that you had lots of free disk space? Monday, May 12, PM. Hi XP SP3 installation freezes on the 'Finishing Installation' window and all that's said in the Details box is 'Running processes after installation'.

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