XP SP2 Freezes when loading

[SAS]

Hi all, long time no see; I have a weired problem, I have a computer at home connected to a domain, the PC is running XP with SP2 slipstreamed into it. However I came home today to find the system frozen, the keyboard was dark (new MS one with fingerprint) and the USB hub was also dark, Mouse would not respond.

I rebooted the system and after entering my username and password, the screen loaded for about 45 seconds and then the same issue happened, booted into safe mode and everything seemed to be fine, disabled everything loading and retried, same issue.

Booted back to safe mode, and ran chkdsk no problems found on c: drive, never scanned d: but that just has files stored on it, nothing being accessed, in desperation i put the cd in, and selected to repair the installation, however it fails with around 35 minutes to go, at detecting devices screen with the same issue, system hangs, I replaced the keyboard and mouse, issue remains.

Any ideas/help very much appreciated.

[EzyStvy]

What do you mean by the keyboard and hud were "dark?"

[beckx020]

I think he means they have leds that are normally on when the system is on.

[SAS]

hi yes as i said I have a USB hub, and a MS Keyboard with fingerprint reader, both went dark (no lights/leds) on, nothing worked other than a reboot

[glc]

Check your power management settings, both in the bios and in windows. It's best to let Windows handle it.

[SAS]

thanks I am fairly certain that the BIOS has nothing set for power options, but will double check when I get home.

[Annorax]

It is also possible that the USB ports are broken. I've encountered that before. Have you tried changing USB ports?

[SAS]

yep, stripped everything down today to basic just the grpahics card and ram/cpu and hard drives, same thing happened, swapped graphics card and again same thing i gave up went and bought a new system, and it wont go past BIOS, just a quick flash of a blue screen and thats it.

I am about ready to throw everything out the window

Thanks anyway.

[glc]

bought a new system, and it wont go past BIOS, just a quick flash of a blue screen and thats it.

This is normal if you are trying to use the old hard drive with XP already on it. You need to do a repair reinstall of XP.

[SAS]

Originally Posted by glc This is normal if you are trying to use the old hard drive with XP already on it. You need to do a repair reinstall of XP.

Yep I did that, hit R to repair install and same thing after it booted up after copying files, I am wondering if I have put the IDE cable in the wrong way round, but the disks are found by the BIOS.

Thanks