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Have recently purchased a new Intel D945GNTLKR Mother board and an Intel P4 631 P4 Processor. Have installed Corsair 1Gb DDR2 Ram (2 x 512Mb Modules) and have 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB SATA II HDD's. Am trying to install Windows XP Pro 32bit.<o:p></o:p>
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When I try to install Windows it will get to the stage of formatting the drives and when you select Quick or Standard Format (it doesn't matter) the machine reboots itself - every time.<o:p></o:p>
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I have tried everything:<o:p></o:p>
BIOS updated to latest version<o:p></o:p>
Intel RAID drivers are the latest version<o:p></o:p>
Started with the drives in a RAID 1 setup, no problems doing this in the BIOS and through the RAID setup (Ctrl-I).<o:p></o:p>
Can format drives using Seagate Disk Wizard<o:p></o:p>
Have used the usual F6 sequence with Windows.<o:p></o:p>
Have created a Slipstream CD with XP SP2 and Intel RAID drivers<o:p></o:p>
Broke the RAID and have removed a stick of RAM<o:p></o:p>
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Basically it gets the same point and reboots. Booting also seems to take a long time regardless of the circumstances.<o:p></o:p>
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I think I have mentioned everything here...if I've missed anything pertinent please let me know.<o:p></o:p>
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Any assistance would be greatly appreciated......new system is about to become and expensive boat anchor!!!!<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Cheers.<o:p></o:p>
Have recently purchased a new Intel D945GNTLKR Mother board and an Intel P4 631 P4 Processor. Have installed Corsair 1Gb DDR2 Ram (2 x 512Mb Modules) and have 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB SATA II HDD's. Am trying to install Windows XP Pro 32bit.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
When I try to install Windows it will get to the stage of formatting the drives and when you select Quick or Standard Format (it doesn't matter) the machine reboots itself - every time.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
I have tried everything:<o:p></o:p>
BIOS updated to latest version<o:p></o:p>
Intel RAID drivers are the latest version<o:p></o:p>
Started with the drives in a RAID 1 setup, no problems doing this in the BIOS and through the RAID setup (Ctrl-I).<o:p></o:p>
Can format drives using Seagate Disk Wizard<o:p></o:p>
Have used the usual F6 sequence with Windows.<o:p></o:p>
Have created a Slipstream CD with XP SP2 and Intel RAID drivers<o:p></o:p>
Broke the RAID and have removed a stick of RAM<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Basically it gets the same point and reboots. Booting also seems to take a long time regardless of the circumstances.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
I think I have mentioned everything here...if I've missed anything pertinent please let me know.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated......new system is about to become and expensive boat anchor!!!!<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Cheers.<o:p></o:p>
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