rebuilt pc - trying to upgrade to Windows XP

[kountzer]

Hello all,

I don't know whether this is a windows 98 question, or hardware, or window xp, but here goes: we bought this pc 3 years or so ago, it is a gateway with amd 700 processor. The OS is windows 98.

I recently bought a new athlon processor, a 1800 I think, along with an ECS motherboard (mistake, but too late now), along with an antec atx case, from Fry's electronics. I also got a new sony cd rw, a video card and windows xp upgrade.

I installed the board, cpu, cd, and video card into the case. It works.

Now I am trying to install windows xp. However, I keep getting these error msgs, one is : 5A3FF58h, another is 637FF58h.

Anyone have an idea what those error messages mean, and what might be the problem with my system?

kountzer

[brad]

What is the exact error message? brad

[kountzer]

[Restek]

Is this error message during the installation? And is the instllation a fresh install rather than an upgrade?

[dunc]

How much RAM is installed?

Is the RAM configured properly in BIOS?

Win XP installation is problematic with small amount of RAM.
Also, try manually configuring RAM in BIOS; include Bus speed, CL setting etc.

Good Luck