Completely reformatted, having troubles with setup freezing

Glliw · 01-29-2007, 08:24 PM

So I had my bro reformat the family laptop for me since I will be using it as a tuning computer for my car. Well, after he reinstalled windows 2000 professional it would take godly long times to load up to the initial setup windows. I reformatted it again, since he had to leave back for college. It ran alot faster to the point of the setup walkthrough. But it gets about halfway through the "installing devices" step then freezes. I tried repairing and reformatting again.

What's wrong or to fix?

This is on a Dell Inspiron 8000.

Thanks guys

Chevy · 02-02-2007, 08:15 AM

A lot of times this is indicative of bad ram. One thing to try is to shut down, disconnect the power and battery, and re-seat the RAM (should be a little panel on the bottom with 2 screws).

Glliw · 02-03-2007, 09:24 AM

Alright I'll give that a try, I'm not sure which panel it is, so I guess I'll take off the whole back case.

Glliw · 02-03-2007, 10:01 AM

Well, I got lucky and the first case cover I took off was the ram cover. It looked seat fine to me though. I'm going to try to start it up with no Wireless card, or batteries, and see where that gets me.

Well, wouldn't ya know it, it was something with either of the two batteries or 802.11g card. Seems strange to me.

Glliw · 02-06-2007, 07:01 AM

Also, one of the batteries is brand new, yet it held a charge for a day or so, and won't charge now. Any ideas?

01-29-2007, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Glliw Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11 OS: 2000	Completely reformatted, having troubles with setup freezing So I had my bro reformat the family laptop for me since I will be using it as a tuning computer for my car. Well, after he reinstalled windows 2000 professional it would take godly long times to load up to the initial setup windows. I reformatted it again, since he had to leave back for college. It ran alot faster to the point of the setup walkthrough. But it gets about halfway through the "installing devices" step then freezes. I tried repairing and reformatting again. What's wrong or to fix? This is on a Dell Inspiron 8000. Thanks guys

02-03-2007, 10:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Glliw Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11 OS: 2000	Well, I got lucky and the first case cover I took off was the ram cover. It looked seat fine to me though. I'm going to try to start it up with no Wireless card, or batteries, and see where that gets me. Well, wouldn't ya know it, it was something with either of the two batteries or 802.11g card. Seems strange to me. Last edited by Glliw; 02-03-2007 at 10:08 AM.

02-02-2007, 08:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	A lot of times this is indicative of bad ram. One thing to try is to shut down, disconnect the power and battery, and re-seat the RAM (should be a little panel on the bottom with 2 screws).

02-03-2007, 09:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Glliw Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11 OS: 2000	Alright I'll give that a try, I'm not sure which panel it is, so I guess I'll take off the whole back case.

02-06-2007, 07:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Glliw Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11 OS: 2000	Also, one of the batteries is brand new, yet it held a charge for a day or so, and won't charge now. Any ideas?