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I have an Antec 1080B case that is using an Antec 430 Watt True Power power supply. My motherboard is a socket 7 FIC PA-2013. My processor is an AMD 450 MHz K6-III+. I have a 128mb module of PC-100. I'm using a Sony floppy drive, a Lite-On 40x/12x/48x CDRW drive, and some old Maxtor 9.51 GB drive.
So here is the problem...
I stick in the Windows XP CD and boot up from the CDRW drive. It gets to the part where it says, "detecting all hardware...please wait...", and then the whole computer just restarts. I go back to booting up with the CD again, and this time it actually gets into the setup program, but freezes at the point where it says, "loading kernel32.dll", or something like that...This kept happening over and over again...
Question 1: Any suggestions for getting Windows XP Professional to work????
So I gave up on Windows XP, and tried to install Windows 98 Second Edition. I use the boot disk to format the drive, under FAT-32 of course, and I stick in the CD. It gets to scanning with scandisk, then after the scan it says, "Getting ready to get into setup...press any key to restart the computer,".................. WTF!?!?!?!? I tried over and over again, most of the time it gets only up to that part, sometimes it finds errors in scandisk, sometimes it doesn't...few times it made it into the setup program...but it always freezes at the first progress meter......
Question 2: Any suggestions for getting Windows 98 Second Edition to work?
This is the last problem...if I press the power button to turn the computer off, and try to press the power button to turn it back on again, all of the 3-pin fans in my computer and my monitor won't work! in order to get them working fine again, the computer needs to be turned off for a certain amount of time, and then everything will work fine again.
Question 3: How come if I turn the computer off using the power button my 3-pin fans and monitor won't work unless I leave the computer off for a certain amount of time????
Thanks everybody...I NEED HELP!!