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My Dell Dimension 4100 is seriously broke, continually reboots when I try  to boot 
XP Pro.

Get a blue screen STOP when I try to boot my BartPE CD.
When I try to boot the Symantec Recover Disk, it loads and gets as far as the "Please 
wait" message, then the screen clears and stays dark, don't get anything more.

If I boot my XP Install CD, it gets to the point where it says press F6 is you need 
to install a 3rd party SCSI driver, then the info line at the bottom of the screen 
displays garbage, random characters and glyphs, then I get a message that says file 
\i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. The error code is 7.

I've run the built in DELL IDE diagnostic (Ctr+Alt+D when Dell logo first appears) 
and drive 0 and 1 both passed.

Also, when the system reboots while XP is booting, I end up with the long, slow boot 
where the memory counts up to 512MB, even  though I've set it many times to Quick 
boot.

I've removed both 256MB sticks of ram, one at a time and the symptoms did not change. 
I'm going to pull all other cards except my ATI Radeon and see what happens.

Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.

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re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 4:20 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) First Google result on that error message.... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812580&Product=winxp Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 4:47 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) I didn't mean to just throw a link at you, Rich. I thought it may be a place to start. As far as I know, drivers, overheating and memory problems are the main causes for continual rebooting. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 5:05 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup Not a problem Carol, it was a good link. Didn't help :-) but a good link none the less. I did get a ACPI error message booting BartPE so it sort of ties in but pressing F7 didn't help, still got the ntkrnlmp.exe failure message. I was so focused on the other problems I never even searched for that. Amazing how tunnel vision works hey? I'll take the system into the shop where I volunteer tomorrow and see what I can figure out. That will allow me to swap out the video card which I'm suspecting is the problem. I pulled everything else I could but still had the same failure so that narrows it down to the video, cpu or system board. If either of the latter then it's time for a new system or at least a new mobo/cpu though I don't know how much success I'd have trying to upgrade a Dell Dimension 4100 case with a new mobo as the only ports on it are Serial/Parallel, 2 USB 1.1, Keyboard and M=ouse. Everything else has to be a PCI/AGP card. New system may be the best way to go. Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 5:05 pm Posted by georgemason (93 messages posted) Drivers/hardware my prior guess. Seems a coupla threads regarding these problems in forum right now... "The first wealth is health." -Emerson ==== Salutes, gregor. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 5:14 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup I don't see how it could be a driver as XP Pro, BartPE, Symantec Recover CD all fail. ALmost has to be hardware unfortunately. Will know for sure tomorrow. Thanks Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 5:44 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) Well, I'm not good for much but a Google search, when it comes to something like this. :-) Here's another article on it. Anyway, good luck. I hope it's something simple. Cause There are incorrect settings in the computer's basic input/output system (BIOS) configuration. -or- One or more of the random access memory (RAM) modules that is installed on the computer is faulty. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318729 Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 9:25 pm Posted by Eric (13 messages posted) might try removing/reinstalling or replacing the battery on the motherboard. This will reset the bios, and may do the trick. If not, i'd suggest testing the power supply... On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 5:14 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote: > >Joe's List / >Falcon's cleanup >I don't see how it could be a driver as XP Pro, BartPE, Symantec Recover CD all >fail. ALmost has to be hardware unfortunately. Will know for sure tomorrow. > >Thanks > >Repair install WinXP / >Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 6:47 am Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Hardware problem. Has to be. Couldn;t tell you what, though. I had a computer yesterday that you could plug in a PS/2 mouse and the hard drive would disappear. That took a couple hours to figure out. Malware Removal [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:14 am Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup Tried both of those, no joy. Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:15 am Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup Took it into the shop today, removed all cards,replaced ATI Radeon AGP card with a PCI Video card, still failed same way. Removed each stick of memory (256MB) one at a time, same problem. replaced CMOS battery, same problem. The only thing left is system board and CPU. I order a replacement board from Dell for $149 (includes s/h and Fla tax), should be here in 4-5 days. Could have got it cheaper other places but they don't have the 90 day warranty. If that doesn't fix it I'll replace the CPU for $100 (includes s/h and Fla tax). Cheaper than buying a new system which is what I'd really like to do but can't afford right now. Have to start saving my pennies again I guess :-) Thanks for all the ideas. I'll post results here in this thread when I replace the system board. Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:06 pm Posted by Peter (390 messages posted) How to Eliminate Spyware did you check the power supply? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Friday, October 28, 2005 at 6:24 am Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup No, did not have one to replace it with. I don't see how this could be a PS problem though, can you explain why this might be the case? Thanks Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't boot anything, XP, BartPE, XP Install CDZ, Ghost recovery Friday, October 28, 2005 at 1:28 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup New Mobo resolved problem. I ordered it yesterday around 4PM, requested 3-5 day deliveryand it got here today about 10AM. Dell did good for me on this one. Only problem I had was BIOS did not detect 2nd HD. Had to reset to defaults then all was okay. Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum