re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 2:35 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Roger McHugh
(2 messages posted)
I see that this is a major headache for more than myself. I too have the mup.sys
hang, will not boot from floppy (hangs) or CD. Tried safe mode but hangs at the mup.sys
file. Windows XP hangs after about six passes of the progress bar. Eventually booted
once using last successsful startup option but on shutdown and restart same problem.
Tried changing BIOS settings, swapped the RAM modules, disconnected the hard disc,
one of the CD drives but nothing works!! If I could get into DOS I would reformat
the hard drive. Why is thsi such a problem?
On Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 4:14 pm, Shane wrote:
>Ok, I'm getting desperate here and any help I could get I would be extremely grateful
>for. I've tried to include as much information as possible.
>
>Last night WinXP was running very slow and locking up, which isn't too unusual as
>I had a thumbnailed window with some large vid files open and a few other programs
>running. I probably hadn't rebooted in a day or so either. I tried to restart
but
>it just kept locking up so I manually powered down, waited a few seconds, and powered
>it back up. As I recall, the last message that flashed on the screen was that my
>cordless mouse was low on batteries. On rebooting the black WinXP logo loaded,
stayed
>up for an unusually long time, and then restarted. This time the "Windows failed
>loading on a previous attempt" blah-blah screen came up. Have tried load normally,
>last known good config, and safe mode. All just loop back into a reboot. Safe
mode
>loading stops with mup.sys before rebooting. I have an OEM Windows XP so I haven't
>been able to use the Windows console to try and repair anything. I originally thought
>it might be a problem with the master boot record, but that seems to check out ok
>as far as I can tell.
>
>Today I have tried switching the RAM into a new slot, changing BIOS settings, removing
>my AGP card, and replacing my cordless mouse and keyboard with corded PS2 ones (all
>from suggestions I've read on here). Nothing has worked. I'm assuming it's a problem
>with the driver after mup.sys, but I don't know what that is and even if I did how
>to repair it or bypass it without the Windows console. I have a suspicion that
it's
>something to do with my AGP card because I have been having a very odd problem the
>past 5 months or so (and I bought my AGP card, a Raedon 9200, about 8 months ago)
>which involves the monitor apparently losing it's signal suddenly and without warning.
> It only seems to happen when I'm actively using AOL Instant Messager (but I can't
>say for sure) and I think audio output stops at the same time (but again, I can't
>say that for sure). Tried updating the vidcard drivers a while back but that didn't
>seem to stop the problem. The only way I get around the problem is to manually
turn
>off the power and turn it back on.
>
>The only other odd thing that happened is that last night right after the mup.sys
>problem started, I turned off the computer power and was going to call it a night
>and about 20 seconds later, the computer turned on by itself. I've never had that
>happen before and I don't even think it has that capability. Problem with the power
>supply?
>
>I'm running this system:
>
>AMD Athlon XP processor 2000+ (1.67 GHz)
>VIA KM 266
>80 GB HDD
>512 MB DDR (PC 2100)
>AC '97 Audio
>S3 ProSavage8 (integrated) [Radeon 9200 in AGP slot]
>
>I've added the Raeon card, a cordless keyboard and optical mouse (using the PS2
ports),
>and a printer/scanner since I've had the computer.
>
>This is extremely frustrating and I need advice!
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