re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Monday, February 9, 2004 at 3:42 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Also Frustrated
(3 messages posted)
I have the exact same problem. My configuration is:
AMD 2000+,
GigaByte 7VAXP,
Corsair 3200XMS,
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB,
WDC 40Gig HD,
MDT 120Gig HD,
Win 2000,
MFC 7300C printer/scanner/fax,
Logitech Elite Cordless Combo.
Seems this problem happens to both win2000 and winXP. I've too have tried all solutions
suggested here and nothing works. I can't even use a boot CD or floppy. I've stripped
everything down to essentials, tried corded keyboard and mouse, switched cards, mem
and cables around, disabled/enabled bios attributes, flashed upgraded bios everything
I could think of except for replacing hardware.
If it is a Hardware failure I haven't a clue what it could be. Any suggestions on
how to proceed?
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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