I just got my new Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO2 mobo today(link: http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7N400 Pro2.htm ), and I'm having problems getting in to Windows. The system POST's fine, and everything is detected correctly...it has the F5 BIOS. Here's the problem:
When I try to enter Windows, the system hangs and there is no activity after the BIOS information status screens. I am able to boot from the floppy into Norton Ghost, and I can access my drives from there...I have even loaded images from different partitions with no problem. I can boot from a CD, but when i try to install Windows (happened with XP and 2000), after the initial copying of the set-up files, the system hangs before the first reboot where it says "Windows is starting". When I try to enter Safe Mode, the system hangs when it's trying to load Mup.sys, and there is no further activity.
I have tried running with only 1 stick of RAM(tried both of them), the CPU, vid card, and 1 HDD...still the same problem.
Here are my system specs:
AMD XP 3000+ Barton (400fsb) w/an SLK900A
1 Gb Crucial PC3200 (2x 512)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro (w/VGA Silencer)
3 HDD's on regular IDE
Lite-On DVDRW
Numerous case fans...cooling is not a problem
Except for 2 of my HDD's (neither is the boot drive), all parts are less than 3 months old, and have never given me a problem before.
Any help on this one would be appreciated. I don't know much about the features on this board...If I'm missing something, please let me know. Also, I have the SATA and RAID channels disabled, as I'm not using either of them yet. Thanks
When I try to enter Windows, the system hangs and there is no activity after the BIOS information status screens. I am able to boot from the floppy into Norton Ghost, and I can access my drives from there...I have even loaded images from different partitions with no problem. I can boot from a CD, but when i try to install Windows (happened with XP and 2000), after the initial copying of the set-up files, the system hangs before the first reboot where it says "Windows is starting". When I try to enter Safe Mode, the system hangs when it's trying to load Mup.sys, and there is no further activity.
I have tried running with only 1 stick of RAM(tried both of them), the CPU, vid card, and 1 HDD...still the same problem.
Here are my system specs:
AMD XP 3000+ Barton (400fsb) w/an SLK900A
1 Gb Crucial PC3200 (2x 512)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro (w/VGA Silencer)
3 HDD's on regular IDE
Lite-On DVDRW
Numerous case fans...cooling is not a problem
Except for 2 of my HDD's (neither is the boot drive), all parts are less than 3 months old, and have never given me a problem before.
Any help on this one would be appreciated. I don't know much about the features on this board...If I'm missing something, please let me know. Also, I have the SATA and RAID channels disabled, as I'm not using either of them yet. Thanks