We've ought some bits from Overclockers to build a basic but useful PC.
We intend putting XP onto it before upgrading to Win 8.
So Mr C has built it (he's fixed the old one a few times before and knows his way around a chassis) and everything is nicely in place.
When trying to install XP it's crashing with the BSOD suggesting that we check the disk drive. Or maybe it's because it's loading old drivers that the motherboard doesn't recognise.
Which leaves us with a bit of a problem with the motherboard (we think). It's a basic Asrock FM2A55M-DGS (AMD Athlon X4 740 3.20GHz processor) motherboard, which may not be compatible with XP.
We've got the XP drivers downloaded, but it looks as if we have to put the old floppy drive in (
) because it doesn't recognise the usb stick onto which I've loaded the drivers.
Although this may not work because of previously mentioned incompatibility. Or maybe there is a problem with the SATA hard drive, we'll format it and see (though I think it's the drivers).
Feel free to offer suggestions or just laugh at me. I'll post the next installment once we've plugged the floppy in.
This is the trusty old PC we are replacing.
(This chassis is from the one before last, Mr C had to reuse because the previous one was a technical design dead-end and couldn't be rebuilt with new type of PSU.)
We intend putting XP onto it before upgrading to Win 8.
So Mr C has built it (he's fixed the old one a few times before and knows his way around a chassis) and everything is nicely in place.
When trying to install XP it's crashing with the BSOD suggesting that we check the disk drive. Or maybe it's because it's loading old drivers that the motherboard doesn't recognise.
Which leaves us with a bit of a problem with the motherboard (we think). It's a basic Asrock FM2A55M-DGS (AMD Athlon X4 740 3.20GHz processor) motherboard, which may not be compatible with XP.
We've got the XP drivers downloaded, but it looks as if we have to put the old floppy drive in (
) because it doesn't recognise the usb stick onto which I've loaded the drivers.Although this may not work because of previously mentioned incompatibility. Or maybe there is a problem with the SATA hard drive, we'll format it and see (though I think it's the drivers).
Feel free to offer suggestions or just laugh at me. I'll post the next installment once we've plugged the floppy in.
This is the trusty old PC we are replacing.
(This chassis is from the one before last, Mr C had to reuse because the previous one was a technical design dead-end and couldn't be rebuilt with new type of PSU.)
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