re: Mup.sys hang SOLVED
Sunday, January 25, 2004 at 7:21 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark V
(1 messages posted)
I resolved this problem quickly by loading the default optimized bios settings.
On Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 6:54 am, Chas wrote:
>OK, I've had the same problem with XP freeze and Safe Mode stall at Mups.sys.
>Final solution was to re-flash the BIOS (downloaded the file from another computer).
>It seems to me that Mups.sys is just the last file shown before XP goes graphic
mode.
>It did the same pause once I resolved the problem. It may be at this point that
it
>does the hardware "head count" to match its security settings aginst the activation
>code.
>Reading through other forums, it appears that XP is highly sensitive to hardware
>instability. In my case, the capacitors on the m/board are swollen which may have
>lead to damaged ROM.
>Apparently, some m/boards reset the BIOS ROM on ESCD; so occasionally a hardware
>change fixes the problem and sometimes it doesn't (like my Epox). It became obvious
>that it was a hardware glitch when Win98 on my second hard drive started to freeze
>as well.
>Because of previous fiddling (made the mistake of deleting "viaagp.sys", so lost
>graphics) I had to do a complete re-install of XP on the main HD; and now she hums
>along better than before. Next freeze and the M/board gets ditched - it's about
3
>or 4 years old.
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