Oh Man, Im Soooo Angry!!!!!

anyway I set up eveything on a older mother board and voila everything is good, Xp installation went flawless so the cd is fine, all drivers and everthing are found and working properly:)
But i have No clue what to do with that other motherboard... :)
 
I have just spent the last week with exactly this problem... I even went to the extend of replacing both motherboard and CPU, swapping in and out with RAM modules, CD/ DVD drives, graphics card, floppy drive(!), cables, running memtest86 on all my RAM, running different FSB and memory speed, using more than one XP setup CD, holding my breath, closing my eyes and praying. No joy... but the process did mean that I eliminated just about everything except the hard drive and the power supply.

Almost out of desparation, I had noted in a thread elsewhere (a modding community) were discussing tweaking the power and the tolerance that the RAM chips could manage. So I up'd the voltage (through the BIOS) to the DDR RAM only, same problem but less often. Up'd the voltage for all component by +5% and it's working. Still got the problem once during setup, but hit retry and it sailed through. No issues so far, fingers crossed.

Although there is an obvious risk associated with increasing the power, if you choose to take it, it seems to solve this issue.
 
I had this same problem a while back, for me it was a matter of replacing the motherboard as i eventually ( as Leejend says, through config control ) discovered that the cmos chip itself was ESD damaged, so please, be very careful when messing about with the internals of your rig and always make sure you are properly statically grounded! :s

as for the beeps, do a search on google for your motherboard manufacturers "beep codes" (or at least the manufacturer of your NEW board)... :disappointed:

some reading material:

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=31105&seqNum=15&rl=1
 
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Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
Any of the SP crew still out there?
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Just did some crude math and I apparently joined almost 18yrs ago, how is that possible???
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