re: mup.sys : Tell us about your system
Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 1:52 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by cipher17
(1 messages posted)
i ran in the same problem, system hang on startup, stopping on the mup.sys line in
safe mode. Here is my xperience:
1. repairing from cd didnt work as it never went to recovery console
2. removing usb devices dint help
3. removing a 200 GB HDD worked. it started booting
4. moved the 200 GB HDD to a different IDE channel, it hanged.
outcome for my system: a maxtor 200 GB HDD was causing the problem. i have 2 maxtor
120 GB HDDs and one 200 GB. It was working fine till today, when after a normal shutdown
it didnt bootup. If i remove the 200 GB HDD from the system it works fine, putting
it back in any combination of IDE channel selection brings back the problem. Now
all i have to do is put the 200 GB HDD in another system and see if its really bad
or what. this 200 GB HDD just had data files (no op sys file).
system specs: windows XP, intel 2.4 G P4, 512 MB DDR ram, 120+120+200 GB HDD, DVDROM,
DVDRW (on a maxtor IDE controller card in a PCI slot), tv tuner card, IEEE port card.
hope this helps someone.
thanks,
cipher17
On Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 10:54 pm, Brian wrote:
>In order to help solve this problem, which seems to be impossible, I think we need
>to start looking at peoples system configuration.
>
>If you are having a problem with your system rebooting and then safe mode hangs
on
>the mup.sys line, please reply to this message and leave your system specs:
>
>Mine are:
>
>AMD Athlon 1.0
>Windows XP Pro (no service packs)
>Generic Ram (256mb & 128mb in two slots)
>Generic AGP Invidia 4x 64mb video
>1 IBM harddrive
>1 Generic CD/DVD drive
>1 Iomega CDRW drive
>1 Iomega 100 internal zip drive
>1 Generic floppy drive
>Hercules Game Theatre (external) PCI Card with USB Hub
>1 USB MicroTek Scanner
>1 HP PhotoSmart 1315 USB Printer
>300W Power Supply
>
>AS I stated before, I only have this problem after I install the HP Printer Software
>and Drivers for my printer. If removed, problem goes away.
>
>If we start seeing a pattern, maybe we can pinpont the problem.
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