Well, I have Windows 98 SE installed on my machine now, but I am trying to upgrade to WinXP Pro... Every time I start the setup for it (fresh install or upgrade, same error) I get a blue screen. What it says is that "a kernal thread termintated while holding a mutex" and I have NO idea what that means. It also tells me to turn off BIOS cacheing and shadowing. I turn off my BIOS guardian and all chacheing and shadowing, and it still gives me this error.
The message says that hardware could be the problem, but the WinXP upgrade advisor says that my modem is the only problem, so I got a new one. It says that this one might need additional files. I have removed it and tried to setup again. Guess what? Same error.
I reinstalled the new modem and downloaded the latest BIOS version from their website. I installed that, and it still gave me the error. (If you think READING about it is annoying, try GETTING the damn thing!) That's all I have done so far to try and fix it.
My friend says that I should post my hardware configuration, too so... *hopes this is enough information*
1st Mainboard (aka: FIC, VIA I don't know which) model AZ11E
AMD Duron 900MHz processor
256 Megs of RAM
NVIDEA GeForce2 MX-400 (TV-out) 64 Meg Video Card
Sound is from the onboard motherboard support
And the ever so popular modem:
SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone CAR
20 Gig hard drive (not sure on manufacturer)
That's it. I don't know if that's in the right format or if it's what you need to know or not... Please ask me about anything you need to know to fix this error. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
The message says that hardware could be the problem, but the WinXP upgrade advisor says that my modem is the only problem, so I got a new one. It says that this one might need additional files. I have removed it and tried to setup again. Guess what? Same error.
I reinstalled the new modem and downloaded the latest BIOS version from their website. I installed that, and it still gave me the error. (If you think READING about it is annoying, try GETTING the damn thing!) That's all I have done so far to try and fix it.
My friend says that I should post my hardware configuration, too so... *hopes this is enough information*
1st Mainboard (aka: FIC, VIA I don't know which) model AZ11E
AMD Duron 900MHz processor
256 Megs of RAM
NVIDEA GeForce2 MX-400 (TV-out) 64 Meg Video Card
Sound is from the onboard motherboard support
And the ever so popular modem:
SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone CAR
20 Gig hard drive (not sure on manufacturer)
That's it. I don't know if that's in the right format or if it's what you need to know or not... Please ask me about anything you need to know to fix this error. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!