Important follow up
Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by neo314
(10 messages posted)
I tried everything here. I was sure it wasn't a hardware problem and I had not installed
any new hardware or software before the failure.
I tried updating the ESCD, but on my computer the only options were auto and manual.
I changed to manual, reboot, no change, back to auto, reboot, no change.
I didn't really know if the ESCD update. I forced an update and it worked.
If you have a similar situation, try forcing an ESCD update as follows:
1. Check your bios settings so you can restore them.
2. Shut off your PC.
3. Unplug the PC.
4. Remove the watch battery from the motherboard.
5. Count to 30.
6. Replace the battery, plug in the PC, go directly to bios when you reboot, and
at least correct the time.
That's it. Mine is running again.
On Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 3:58 am, Dilly wrote:
>Ok, Heres the thing...
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>I read the whole thread above when i encountered my mup problem and tried almost
>every fix to no avail. There are a couple of differences that may be of not though...
>
>First, this problem started half way through a game of BOTF on the M$ gaming zone.
> The whole PC locked and i had to cold boot. before the checkdisk came on however
>my PC decided to reboot itself again which brought me to the safe mode boot option
>screen. after chosing boot in safe mode the files being loaded would flash past
until
>it gets to the MUP at which point there is no hang no delay just a reboot and i
>get back to the safe mode boot options. I have not installed any new hardware in
>the last 6 months (since i bought the pc) so all the talk of it being a hardware
>configuration change causing the problem is I think inaccurate. Having done some
>research and talking to several friends we finally came to the conclusion that either
>the processor or the HD were shot. so...
>
>I changed HD to one taken directly from a working machine and connected it in place
>of the 'suspect'. (This hard drive has been used to test problems on my PC before
>and has never had a problem booting in my PC). No joy, same reboot at mup.sys.
and
>upon transfering the HD back to the original machine i found that it worked without
>a hitch. ODD
>
>so. I tried the repair from CD but the reboot happened after loading fat files.
>I did manage to get to the C: propt by trying the 'push F5 during setup' that someone
>sugested earlier however the way it got there was weird. when i pushed f5 a screen
>came p saying it couldnt detect the type of pc or i had chosen to manually define
>my PC type. I had 2 options 'standard PC with i486' and 'other'. selecting 'Other'
>caused it to ask me to insert a floppy with the PC definition on it (which i dont
>have and cant find). So i chose the standard option and !presto! repair mode.
>
>so. i disabled mup and as many have found mup makes no difference it just reboots
>on the previous file. I think the conclusion that it has nothing to do with mup
is
>correct. It is also nothing to do with anything on the hard drive. It has to be
something
>in the bios, or hardware. After doing much swapping i have come to the conclusion
>that if it is hardware it is the processor (its the only bit i havent swapped).
>I think i have tried every setting in the bios with no results however im sure i
>havent tried all combinations of settings. The last thing to try before i bin the
>pc and go and get a new one is to do a virus check from a bootable disk and check
>the boot sector (and even the bios if possible) to make sure it has nothing to do
>with any eroneous material on my PC.
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