Unable to Install WinXP Upgrade on TP570e HELP!!!!

[tcsnyder]

I have a 570e-2644-5AU 392MB Ram with BIOS IUET26WW. I am attempting to upgrade to WinXP, and installing an 80GB HDD. I have upgraded the TP BIOS to IUET26WW. I have upgraded the firmware of my new (2003) HDD. I have tried several times to perform a clean install of WinXP SP2 Upgrade (fromW98se) and I haven't been able to complete the install. I can process the installation and setup except that the WinXP setup cannot load the "installer" for the "DiskDrive", "battery" and "CDRom". When the system reboots after setup is complete it displays a momentary Blue Screen of Death (BSD) error beginning with "*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF889E528, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)" I needed to photograph the error message since it only show for a few seconds.

Also, I can not start in safe mode or in safe mode with command prompt. WinXP just will not start. If I could get into Windows, I could load the 570e drivers and XP supplement but I can't get Windows to start.

I made one last try to perform a clean install of XP using NTFS. I first deleted the previously created NTFS partition and formated 76GB in FAT32 using my Win98 S/U disk. This XP install went on without any errors on install. I installed most of my drivers and then I performed the critical updates using "Windows Update". During this installation I shutdown and restarted many times. The only issues that arose were some typical "Found New Hardware" episodes that were being resolved as I obtained new drivers. I finished up by restarting XP several time with no problems.

After leaving the system sit (off) for three days, I finally got back to work on it. When I started for the first time I received this BSD error message; "STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with status of 0xc000026c (0x00000000 0x00000000).The system has been shut down." The TP then immediately shuts down and restarts to the same error. This cycle continues until the battery is removed. This first S/U was without the UltraBase used during the install and with a second PCMIA Network card installed. I removed the two NIC cards and restarted with the same results. I inserted the TP into the UltraBase (NIC cards removed) and restarted with the same results. This is very frustrating. I have not been able to install this retail version of the XP-SP2 Upgrade. I heard that XP was the easiest OS to install and that was from a lifelong Microsoft hater. What's up?

See below for System Summary GENERATED IN Windows 98:

Modified: 2005-06-29 20:58:16

******************************* SYSTEM SUMMARY *******************************
OS information: Microsoft Windows 98
OS version: 4.10.2222 A
Processor: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3
Memory: 326,776 kb
BIOS version: 99-12-12 - IUET26WW
Machine type-Model: 26445AU

****************************** BIOS INFORMATION ******************************
BIOS version: 99-12-12 - IUET26WW
Machine type-Model: 26445AU
System unit serial number: 78BA088
System board serial number: J1D9P0130AY
Slave controller version: 00-05-15 - IMHT10WW

***************************** DRIVE INFORMATION ******************************
Logical drive: a:\
Drive type: Removable drive
Drive size: 0 kb
Drive free space: 0 kb

Logical drive: c:\
Drive type: Fixed drive
Drive size: 9,214,144 kb
Drive free space: 838,416 kb

Logical drive: d:\
Drive type: CD-ROM drive
Drive size: 0 kb
Drive free space: 0 kb


***************************** OTHER INFORMATION ******************************


Power scheme: Always On
********** AC settings **********
Turn off monitor: Never
Turn off hard disks: Never
System standby: Never
********** Battery settings **********
Turn off monitor: Never
Turn off hard disks: Never
System standby: Never


************************* SYSTEM DEVICE INFORMATION **************************
Device class: Accessibility options
Device status: Disabled
No resources used

Device class: Serial port
Device description: Communications Port (COM1)
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 4-23-1999
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [03F8 - 03FF]
IRQ: 4

Device class: Parallel port
Device description: Printer Port (LPT1)
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 4-23-1999
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [03BC - 03BF]
IRQ: 7

Device class: TrackPoint
Device status: Enabled
Resource
IRQ: 12

Device class: Audio
Device description: Crystal SoundFusion(tm) PCI Audio Accelerator
Driver provider: Crystal
Driver date: 2- 8-2000
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [F4100000 - F4100FFF]
Memory address: [F4000000 - F40FFFFF]
IRQ: 11

Device class: Infrared
Device description: IBM ThinkPad Fast Infrared Port
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 4-23-1999
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [02F8 - 02FF]
DMA: 3
IRQ: 3

Device class: Internal modem
Device description: Lucent Win Modem
Driver provider: Lucent
Driver date: 4-18-2001
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [14005200 - 140052FF]
I/O address: [1898 - 189F]
I/O address: [3C00 - 3CFF]
IRQ: 9

Device class: PCI Device Setup
Device status: Enabled
Resource
IRQ: 11

Device class: Device Bay
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [0170 - 0177]
IRQ: 15

Device class: MultiFunction
Device description: Xircom Multifunction CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 Parent
Driver provider: Xircom
Driver date: 10-13-2000
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [14002000 - 14003FFF]
Memory address: [14004000 - 14004FFF]
I/O address: [02E8 - 02EF]
I/O address: [1050 - 105F]
IRQ: 10

Device class: Net
Device description: Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SpeedBooster
Driver provider: Cisco-Linksys ,LLC.
Driver date: 3-11-2004
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [14008000 - 14009FFF]
IRQ: 11

Device class: Modem
Device description: Nokia 8290
Driver provider: Nokia Mobile Phones
Driver date: 1-24-2000
Device status: Enabled
No resources used

Device class: Device Bay
Device description: Nokia 8290
Driver provider: Nokia Mobile Phones
Driver date: 1-24-2000
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [0170 - 0177]
IRQ: 15

[UltrazÖÖm]

I have a similar problem as this, and from my experiences, this is very likely related to RAM.

From my tests, they seem to be all related to the base memory (built-in 64MB) which is causing this problem. Ran memtest86 on and it generated a lot of errors.

Now I'm trying to find ways to disable the base memory. It seems to be only possible with editing the CMOS. Anyone knows how to?

[tcsnyder]

I seem to have resolved my problems. After running the IBM HDD Fitness Test and on the eBay-purchased, used HDD, I received sufficient errors that I suspected the HDD. I then erased the boot sector and attempted to erase the HDD. Following this painfully long process, I formatted the 80GB HDD using Win98, FAT32 which took 2.5 days to recover allocation units (clusters). I was still receiving HDD errors from the IBM HDD Fitness Test and I suspect either because it is defective hardware or because previous a OS adversely affected the boot sector.

I purchased a NEW HDD from a retail vendor. The WinXP install went without a single error. I installed Office 2003 without errors and everything has been running fine for 6 days. I have contacted the eBay seller and he is replacing the used HDD and I hope to get a report back from him after he analyzes the original HDD.

Thank for the info,
Tim