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Won't complete installation of XP
I'm building my dream machine (as much as I can afford) and hit a new error
message for me. The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe which is a 128MB PCIe x16. It copies the XP pro cd without a problem (horizontal bar at bottom goes to 100%) and then starts the installation process so a blue XP logo screen comes up that shows on the left of screen that Collecting information, Dynamic Update and Preparing Installation is complete and that Installing Windows has started with 39% left. It is the window where they start talking about features (on the right side of the screen and Windows Movie Maker blurb is up). Then a window pops up and says: "Error, Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms Error Message: The parameter is incorrect. Fatal Error: One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. The parameter is incorrect." Oh heck, what does this mean?? There was a blurb about Raid when the post started but I ignored that. Do I need to go back into setup to fix something?? If it gets this far, all of my physical components are working, aren't they??. Thanks!!! |
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"jenny" wrote:
The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe Sorry, this isn't responding directly, but... spending over $300 on a non-NVIDIA/ATI video card is going way out on the limb of risk taking if you are a gamer. If you're not a gamer, please disregard. Good luck. Thanks!!! |
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"jenny" wrote in message ... I'm building my dream machine (as much as I can afford) and hit a new error message for me. The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe which is a 128MB PCIe x16. It copies the XP pro cd without a problem (horizontal bar at bottom goes to 100%) and then starts the installation process so a blue XP logo screen comes up that shows on the left of screen that Collecting information, Dynamic Update and Preparing Installation is complete and that Installing Windows has started with 39% left. It is the window where they start talking about features (on the right side of the screen and Windows Movie Maker blurb is up). Then a window pops up and says: "Error, Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms Error Message: The parameter is incorrect. Fatal Error: One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. The parameter is incorrect." Oh heck, what does this mean?? It means that your CD is damaged/scratched/in some other way unreadable. The information copied to the hard drive is incomplete. The installation starts from the hard drive using corrupted software from the CD that is now on the hard drive. -Dave |
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On Mar 2, 6:08 pm, "Dave" wrote:
"jenny" wrote in message ... I'm building my dream machine (as much as I can afford) and hit a new error message for me. The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe which is a 128MB PCIe x16. It copies the XP pro cd without a problem (horizontal bar at bottom goes to 100%) and then starts the installation process so a blue XP logo screen comes up that shows on the left of screen that Collecting information, Dynamic Update and Preparing Installation is complete and that Installing Windows has started with 39% left. It is the window where they start talking about features (on the right side of the screen and Windows Movie Maker blurb is up). Then a window pops up and says: "Error, Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms Error Message: The parameter is incorrect. Fatal Error: One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. The parameter is incorrect." Oh heck, what does this mean?? It means that your CD is damaged/scratched/in some other way unreadable. The information copied to the hard drive is incomplete. The installation starts from the hard drive using corrupted software from the CD that is now on the hard drive. -Dave I agree with Dave, try a new cd |
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Not a gamer. It is for video editing.
"John Doe" wrote in message news "jenny" wrote: The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe Sorry, this isn't responding directly, but... spending over $300 on a non-NVIDIA/ATI video card is going way out on the limb of risk taking if you are a gamer. If you're not a gamer, please disregard. Good luck. Thanks!!! |
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"Dave" wrote in message reenews.net... It means that your CD is damaged/scratched/in some other way unreadable. The information copied to the hard drive is incomplete. The installation starts from the hard drive using corrupted software from the CD that is now on the hard drive. -Dave The problem with that is that I have two retail copies of XP pro... so I tried the other copy, and got the same result. |
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wrote in message ups.com... On Mar 2, 6:08 pm, "Dave" wrote: I agree with Dave, try a new cd Two XP retail cd's saying the same thing?? I think it has something to do with the serial SATA drive trying to use it as a boot drive. The mobo only has one IDE connector so I am now trying it with a spare IDE drive as the secondary and the optical as the primary. That will eliminate the SATA as a possibility. I'm not familiar with this mobo. It has raid built in and I wonder if not using the raid is messing with it. Plus, the manual doesn't way which SATA if any I should use as a single boot. I didn't think it mattered but I tried plugging it into the only red connector and the computer doesn't see the drive at all that way. There are 3 blue SATA and 4 Black ones. I tried the red and the number 1 black. In BIOS I saw that there is a 0 Sata but I'm not sure which one it is. |
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Won't complete installation of XP
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:10:00 -0500, "jenny" wrote:
I'm building my dream machine (as much as I can afford) and hit a new error message for me. The system is Intel mobo D975XBX2KR w/ Core 2 Duo E6600 and video card Matrox Parahelia APVe which is a 128MB PCIe x16. It copies the XP pro cd without a problem (horizontal bar at bottom goes to 100%) and then starts the installation process so a blue XP logo screen comes up that shows on the left of screen that Collecting information, Dynamic Update and Preparing Installation is complete and that Installing Windows has started with 39% left. It is the window where they start talking about features (on the right side of the screen and Windows Movie Maker blurb is up). Then a window pops up and says: "Error, Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms Error Message: The parameter is incorrect. Fatal Error: One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. The parameter is incorrect." Oh heck, what does this mean?? There was a blurb about Raid when the post started but I ignored that. Do I need to go back into setup to fix something?? If it gets this far, all of my physical components are working, aren't they??. Nope, no guarantee of that. I'd start with memtest overnight. Aren't using an el-cheapo garbage psu are you? Weakness in that department can cause all kinds of weird issues. |
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"Chris Hill" wrote in message ... Nope, no guarantee of that. I'd start with memtest overnight. Aren't using an el-cheapo garbage psu are you? Weakness in that department can cause all kinds of weird issues. I'm using matched pair of Corsair DDR2 Twin2X2084-6400C4 total 2GB. I just tried a different hdd IDE and got the same message. |
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"jn" == jenny writes:
jn There was a blurb about Raid jn when the post started but I ignored that. Running memtest86+ is a good idea and only takes overnight at most. Though unlikely to fix the current problem, can you take another look at the RAID message and post what it says? Perhaps you need to install some drivers before Windows begins to install. -- Why can't the ant and the caterpillar just get along? One eats grass, the other eats Caterpillars... Oh, I see now. - Jack Handey |
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