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I don't know if this is pertinent but the installation always reboots at 34 minutes. Upon querying the setup log setupapi.log, the last device to be installed is my HD. But the log says it installs successfully.
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OK, I disabled legacy device support and onboard LAN in my bios and this has gotten me to th product key prompt. However, my slipstreamed copy of XP is not accepting my product key. Is there any reason for this?
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Stark Raving MOD
I've had problems with wifi cards. You might want to disable/remove the card until the windows install is done.
Slipstreaming does not affect the product code, if it's legit. If it's not a genuine code, SP3 may have blacklisted it.
You can also use Autostreamer to make a plain slipstreamed disc. Link is in Tech Tools.
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Well its definitely a legitimate code, so I don't know whats going on there. My wireless is built in to the laptop and my bios has no option to disable it.
I went back to see if my SP1 install CD would complete, and it gets passed the 34 minute mark, but reboots when prompting for the Product Key.
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Stark Raving MOD
My wireless is built in to the laptop
No, it's not. It's a removable card. The hatch is below the ram cover, and to the right of the hard drive.
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptop...assembly_1.htm
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Ah, I see.
I have removed the wifi card and resolved the Product Key issue (I believe). So I am attempting to install Windows XP SP3 slipstreamed again. The install makes it to the prompt for the Product Key but reboots before I get a chance to enter it.
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I don't know what I changed, but with the WIFI card out Windows XP SP3 Slipstream installed without a problem. I am currently logged in to normal mode (not safe mode) and the system has been stable for atleast 30 minutes. I am terrified to install any drivers though. Is there anything I should do before I install drivers? What should I do about my WIFI card? Thanks.
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Stark Raving MOD
Like I said, I've seen this issue with wifi cards before. It could be a bad wifi card, or it might have just needed to be reseated. Best case, you clean the contacts, reinstall and everything works. Worst case, the card is bad and you go out and buy a PC Card wifi adapter.
The only way to test it is to reinstall the wifi card and see if the rebooting starts again. That way you can verify if the wifi card is causing the looping or not.
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Mod w/ an attitude
Use a pink pencil erasure to clean the contacts.
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I figured I'd go through mu devices one by one and install them. The first thing I did was enable the LAN port on the motherboard. It detected fine and the driver installed fine. It was stable at this point. The second thing I did was install my 1 GB stick of RAM into the remaining DIMM Slot. After booting into Windows and lasting for 15 seconds, the reboots started up again. The first thing I did was to take the 1 GB stick back out. Still reboots. Tried alternating the DIMM slots for my remaining 512 Stick. Still reboots after 15 seconds in Windows. How the heck is this possible? The WIFI card is still out, for the record. I disabled my WAN port to no avail.
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I double checked and this is the additional 1 GB stick of RAM I put in to the system.
Kingston 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Laptop Memory Model KVR533D2S4/1G
Model
Brand Kingston
Model KVR533D2S4/1G
Type 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM
Tech Spec
Capacity 1GB
Speed DDR2 533 (PC2 4200)
Cas Latency 4
Voltage 1.8V
ECC No
Buffered/Registered Unbuffered
Heat Spreader No
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts Lifetime limited
Labor Lifetime limited
It has been in th system previously for exactly 1 year and 1 month.
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Stark Raving MOD
Hmm. You already ran memtest, so the ram should be good.
Were you able to get any temps? Did you clean/reseat the cpu heatsink? I remember some Toshibas had an issue with the chipset heatsink also.
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptop...assembly_1.htm
At this point, there aren't many parts left. If it's a power problem, then it's probably the motherboard.
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I was never able to get temperatures before the system became unstable again. I did reseat the CPU heatsink. I did not clean it or reapply thermal compound. As far as accessing the chipset, that is unfortunately outside of my comfort zone (currently). I will clean and remount the heatsink and attempt to get some temperatures.
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Running speedfan hangs my system as the program loads (during the SMBBUS scan). Running with the /NOSMBSCAN allows the program to load up. I currently have three temperatures
HD0 : 30C
Temp1: 46C
Temp2: 39C
The window also shows ACPI temperature 46C. Attempting to stress the CPU I can make the temperature rise to 50C but it always comes back down.
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Current status is LAN Disabled, 512MB Stick installed, Wireless chip removed, currently uninstalled drivers:
Card Reader
Sound Card
Modem
Graphics Card
Seemingly stable going on 1 HR. Any suggestions on next move?
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