XPost: alt.windows-XP   
   From: mike.swift@yeton.co.uk   
      
   In article , Peter   
    writes   
   >It stops at a "blue screen" after about half an hour after I have   
   >started installing it. Should I contact Microsoft ? I have tried   
   >installing it about 10 times, it always stop about at the same time,   
   >when windows is "recognizing devices" attached to the system, and the   
   >screen is _flashing_ . I have also tested my memory with 2 different   
   >memtest applications over the night, and found no errors. Who should I   
   >contact with this problem ? I am able to use w2k, which has always   
   >worked perfectly.   
      
   I'm only an enthusiastic amateur but it looks like you have some   
   hardware that isn't getting recognised and is crashing the system.   
      
   Strip everything out bar the keyboard, mouse, disc drive and video card   
   and try again, if it still happens it could be the M/B, I had one go   
   belly up and give similar problems, it was some of the condensers who's   
   ends had gone dome shaped instead of being flat.   
      
   Mike   
      
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