First post, by ultra
Hi. I couldn't get Windows Me to work properly on my computer, I'm not sure if my computer is too modern for this system or did I messed it up. The problems start right during the installation, for example, after entering the key, I get a blue screen:
"Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer. System Halted"
then after the reboot I chose the normal boot mode and the installation continue and after Windows setting plug and play devices and other setting I get blue screen again:
“Your multi-function device (Standard Dual PCI IDE Contoller) has some child devices using 32-bit drivers and others using compatability mode drivers. This configuration is not supported, so your computer has been halted to prevent corruption. After you restart your PC, you will use multi-compatible mode drivers for each child device attached to this multi-function device.”
after several unsuccessful reboots (sometimes I had to reconnect SATA cable to other SATA port), I somehow managed to get the installation done. After that I usually install the drivers for USB, Chipset and VGA, there are IDE drivers too but when I try to install it shows 0KB for driver and 117KB for Show HD information, although everything is fine in XP.
I got various troubles every time like: I could not start the computer when connecting a discrete graphics card, but sometimes it's ok. Windows sometimes hung up on the startup screen, or did not boot beyond the flashing command prompt. Sometimes the system would freeze and I had to hard reset, or some windows would freeze and I couldn't even restart the computer. Or after installing some components (Directx) or programs/drivers, Windows restored the registry and all my programs and drivers simply did not load. I have HT disabled in BIOS and SATA mode is set to IDE. I think I tried reinstalling the system at least four times, and every time I ran into issues. Should I forget about "Me"? I think on Windows XP everything works just fine..
Motherboard: Shuttle FS59 LGA775
Chipset: SiS 661FX / SiS 964
2x256MB Elixir sticks
Pentium4 3.2Ghz
120GB SATA Hard drive