Dual Xeon Server.. it's winning.. Finally got XP on it.. BSOD at boot.. - GoFuckYourself.com

MrMaxwell · 08-16-2009, 07:13 AM

Ran into something comical,
I guess the safemode loading screen where it shows all of the files it's loading basically just stops at agp440.sys.. for no apparent reason, it just doesn't write anything past that. All of these people were complaining that the last thing they say was that file. So microsoft wrote a KBB article on how to disable agp440.sys. LoL over here.

Anyway here I am battling with this motherfucker because XP setup could not see the drives. No matter what in the fuck I did. So I finally find an obscure driver straight from the manufacturer .. that works. That's a long story.

Now I have a BSOD when it tries to boot and finish setup (where you see the XP logo screen with the bars going across)
I've disconnected every piece of hardware in the machine .. right down to the mouse and keyboard. .. especially the ram .. I changed all of the relevant settings in the bios .. I've done fucking everything

I've also done chkdsk /r

This is a very very vauge generic BSOD to the effect of if you've installed any new hardware, this and that, the classic informationless BSOD
Not even any of that stupid off the wall text.. Like page_fault___on_mars

What do you do when you've done absolutely everything and it's still broken?
Could it be because I've slipstreamed the service packs?
I'm going to try the one thing I haven't.. uninstalling SP3.. if you can even do that when it's slipstreamed. Which you can, right, because it just installs them the same way you would yourself, right?

docputer · 08-16-2009, 07:27 AM

That error is often an incompatable video driver. I don't know if you can load the right driver when it starts setup.

HorseShit · 08-16-2009, 07:56 AM

Why are you installing XP on a server in the first place moron? Do you think XP comes with all necessary server raid card drivers? Did you stop and think for a second that's the reason XP setup didn't recognize the drives? Are you retarded?

MrMaxwell · 08-16-2009, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin

Why are you installing XP on a server in the first place moron? Do you think XP comes with all necessary server raid card drivers? Did you stop and think for a second that's the reason XP setup didn't recognize the drives? Are you retarded?

I have the driver.. although the one they provide specifically for 2kXp doesn't work..

seeandsee · 08-16-2009, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by docputer

That error is often an incompatable video driver. I don't know if you can load the right driver when it starts setup.

BSOD is pain in ass

Machete_ · 08-16-2009, 08:41 AM

1 - what happens when you try and boot in VGAmode?
2 - how much ram have you installed?

08-16-2009, 07:13 AM	#1
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	Dual Xeon Server.. it's winning.. Finally got XP on it.. BSOD at boot.. Ran into something comical, I guess the safemode loading screen where it shows all of the files it's loading basically just stops at agp440.sys.. for no apparent reason, it just doesn't write anything past that. All of these people were complaining that the last thing they say was that file. So microsoft wrote a KBB article on how to disable agp440.sys. LoL over here. Anyway here I am battling with this motherfucker because XP setup could not see the drives. No matter what in the fuck I did. So I finally find an obscure driver straight from the manufacturer .. that works. That's a long story. Now I have a BSOD when it tries to boot and finish setup (where you see the XP logo screen with the bars going across) I've disconnected every piece of hardware in the machine .. right down to the mouse and keyboard. .. especially the ram .. I changed all of the relevant settings in the bios .. I've done fucking everything I've also done chkdsk /r This is a very very vauge generic BSOD to the effect of if you've installed any new hardware, this and that, the classic informationless BSOD Not even any of that stupid off the wall text.. Like page_fault___on_mars What do you do when you've done absolutely everything and it's still broken? Could it be because I've slipstreamed the service packs? I'm going to try the one thing I haven't.. uninstalling SP3.. if you can even do that when it's slipstreamed. Which you can, right, because it just installs them the same way you would yourself, right?

08-16-2009, 07:27 AM	#2
docputer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,103	That error is often an incompatable video driver. I don't know if you can load the right driver when it starts setup.

08-16-2009, 07:56 AM	#3
HorseShit Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,513	Why are you installing XP on a server in the first place moron? Do you think XP comes with all necessary server raid card drivers? Did you stop and think for a second that's the reason XP setup didn't recognize the drives? Are you retarded?

08-16-2009, 08:41 AM	#6
Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	1 - what happens when you try and boot in VGAmode? 2 - how much ram have you installed?