Reducing power requirements makes sense to me.
"Ben Salisbury" <> wrote in message
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> Warning...long winded skip to end for solution withot the history
> Got my DVD's from MS.
>
> Booting from DVD resulted in a freeze right after loading files (the very
> first one)
> Ran Setup from within XP, it would copy files and on the first reboot it
> would freeze in the same place.
> Tried starting in safe mode, and it would lock up when loading disk.sys
>
> After a long while of messing with it, I noticed that the date was munged
> in
> my bios. So I set the date to current time, and my PC no longer locked at
> disk.sys
> and I was able to finish the install.
>
> Upon reboot however I now had a lockup on crcdisk.sys. My first thought
> was
> that I hosed a setting in bios, so I opened my case to jumper clear CMOS.
> Got
> it all set back to factory defaults (with the correct date...this may not
> have really affected the disk.sys lockup) closed my case and tried to
> install....and it froze on crcdisk.sys again....
>
> So back into bios I went to disable hardware and try different clock
> speeds, picked one that prevented my computer from booting, so I once
> again
> opened my case cleared cmos and decided to leave the case open...because
> it
> was bound to happen again. Factory defaults again an vista installed
> without
> a hiccup. So I rebooted and I was able to bring the system up in safe mode
> to
> try and resolve a video card conflict (still working on that one and am
> posting this in safe mode right now)
>
> I figured I was done with the inside of my case so I closed it back up,
> tried to change my vid drivers...rebooted...and froze on crcdisk.sys
> again....so I opened my case and rebooted and it worked in safe mode
> again....
>
> I have a fan on the door of my case, everytime I open the case I have to
> unplug the fan. Unplugged, vista works, plugged in....I'm maxing my power
> supply and Vista cannot run properly. I have not yet done testing to see
> if
> it was an unbalanced rail issue or if I just had too much draw period. I
> was
> just happy to get it running and after I figure out my video card problem,
> I
> will revist the power issue
>
> SOLUTION: For those of you who do not like a long read
> Try Unplugging the power from all non-essential items...primarily case
> fans...yes I know, they are essential....but they also put a heavy load on
> the el-cheapo sparkle power power supplies that so many vendors put in
> their
> PC's...My test box has a FSP 450watt....But I also run 11 fans....so it's
> a
> lot of juice.
>
> -Ben
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