re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Friday, June 25, 2004 at 9:34 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jw
(1 messages posted)
I don't think this is the final word on the "mup.sys" issue. My bios successfully
reset ESCD, and it did not fix the problem. I had two identical computers, one with
and one without the mup.sys hang. By swapping hard disks I was able to determine
that the problem was attached to the HD. (Diagnostics told me the disk was fine.)
My take is that, whatever sparked the problem initially (in my case it was related
to putting the system into suspend mode-- I think), it ultimately resulted in something
getting screwed up in the system files.
A few details:
Win XP,
Could not even get to Safe Mode,
MS support could not help,
Tested memory and HD,
Called motherboard manufacturer,
Reset CMOS,
Removing all USB hardware did not help,
Moving memory stick slot did not help,
Playing with BIOS settings did not help
(including power management and plug-n-play),
Repair install behaved suspiciously,
Finally did clean install.
-jw
On Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 12:35 pm, Zack wrote:
>Hey everybody,
>This thread is getting press, because the right answer is contained within it (see
>http://www.mcpmag.com/columns/print.asp?EditorialsID=729).
>The ESCD sometimes just needs to be reset, so Plug&Play enumeration gets forced.
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>The trick then is: how to do this on your particular system?
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