Stueyb

Hi Guys,

I have a tecra t910 with 256MB installed. Basically its in as a repair job (new keyboard and HDD) I installed the new keyboard and disk and every time I try and install XP from the tosh install disks it gets all funky and turns itself off at random points in the install.

I have put in a known good disk and the problem still occurs. I have put in the old keyboard and it still occurs.

I ran memtest 86 and its fine.

Any ideas etc? Please dont say knacked mobo as we have just bought in the parts at £150 to fix it. Strange thing was, before I installed the new keyboard it would boot ! Dont think ive done anything to it tbh.

Stuey

ChrisB

Is there a BSOD STOP screen or just straight power off?

BlkKnight

how long did you run memtest for?

Try unpluging the on-borad keyboard completely and use PS2 from the back.

Did it have XP on before? - if not try a BIOS update - usually fixes lots of stuff.

Stueyb

Its a straight power off guys, no bsod. It has XP on before. ill try using a ps2 keyboard and see what happens. Memtest ran for about an hour.

BlkKnight

MEMTEST86 - the bootable cd / floppy should be ran over night for best results. It didn't pick up my memory errors till about hour 6

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is it a heat problem? are the fans cutting in? try sticking them to "max performance" in the bios when under mains power

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Try removing the battery and just running it off mains

Stueyb

Just thought id let you know, kinda strange but if i did an advanced install rather than a bog standard one it was fine, been using it all afternoon with not so much as a hiccup.