xp issues

i had this pc with a bad harddrive. i went to reload and it would not take my win xp sp2 disk. several hours of trial and error and i found the mb does not support sp2 or sp3 for win xp and will not load mce or vista. this pc has 512 mb pc 3200 ddr ram, 200 gig sata hdd now, 3gig p4 prescott processor and a gigabyte ga-8isxt (i think that is the model) mb with fuj- siemens bios and drivers. gigabyte does not support this board at all and when i ran the model number on google search it gave me fuji- siemens d1625c model for this board. i got updated drivers but still no bios upgrades. it will install and run win xp pro with sp1 and all most updates. sp2, ie7, mp10+ , and all sp2 required updates will make this pc unusable. it runs well and stable but this is a wierd enough story i thought i would share.

 

that is weird...you might want to just get another mobo...will it run win98/95?

 

i did not try win 95 or 98 but it will run 2000pro and win xp home or pro with sp1. will not run with sp2 or sp3. this pc belongs to a friend and i built it for him about 4 years ago. he had 2000pro with sp4 and all updates when hdd failure hit. he spent 200 bucks on win xp pro upgrade with sp2 built in and cant use it. we just loaded my win xp and i installed sp1 from cd.

 

There might be a way to get XP SP2 installed on there, but it will take some work. Since you can't get BIOS updates, you'll have to get a Windows Update from Microsoft to get it to work. I am currently having this same issue (over in the hardware forum), except that I can't actually get XP SP1 to install. Go here, and follow Resolution Method 2. That should help you out, if SP2 is wanted.

The issue is that the Prescott core of the Pentium 4 has issues with the file update.sys, but only the version from SP2 on. The update I linked to should resolve the issue for you.

 

thanks for the link. i have spent 2 nights trying to get sp2 to install and did not ever get it to work. i did get the usb to update to 2.0 with a mobo driver for win 2000 and it works good with this driver. i dont think i will ever buy another gigabyte board , their lack of support is appalling and they dont even offer support for it--- yes they did get fugi- siemens to build it for them but they should still post drivers and updates or link to fuji. the only pc that disgusts me worse than this crap is a systemmax. systemmax builds 3rds out of everyone elses leftovers and you must find the chipset numbers off the components to find drivers, the company gives some support but not enough to make a painful reload easier.

i think i will retire this pc and if my friend has a problem later on, build a new pc.