Thread: new computer... problem with windows

I just built a new computer with a Intel d945gcl mobo. All I have connected to it is a dvd rewriter and a sata hard drive. The processor and ram are showing up as working in the bios and it shows the dvd and hard drives. The problem is when I boot from my xp pro disk (which doesn't have sp1 or 2) it loads drivers and when it goes to start windows it comes up with a message that says it can go no further in order to protect the computer. It offers some advice and at the bottom it says:

Stop: 0x0000007E( 0x0000005, 0xF76440BF, 0xF7A90208, 0xF7A8FF08)

pci.sys - Address F76440BF base at F763D000, Datestamp 3b7d855c

What should I do I tried the advice the computer gave and nothing (except updating drivers and bios because I am not too sure how to do that). I put in a pci video card and didn't even get a picture. When I boot without windows it says " media failure check cable" (with onboard vid).

Oh yeah, it didn't come with a bootable disk so I have to use windowsxp. And also when I boot with out widows it says no bootable device insert boot disk and press any key. And I have the hard drive plugged in with the end with the clip on it in the hard drive and not the mobo is that right?

I have a copy of sp2. You can't put it in until after you install windows can you?

I tried to do the slipstream thing but I am having touble getting sp2 to open in xp. I am using a sp2 disk and things aren't coming up like in the instructions. any suggestions?

I plan on getting vista premium when it comes out but I hate to wait tht long. When I get to the updating the windows share part, I get an error message that says " the filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect" even though I punched in exactly what they said to.

Never mind I think I found the problem.

It worked but it took some figuring the directions from the site you gave me didn;t explain an important part of the process. It didn't explain how to get into the directory and us laymen don't know how to do that. But once you use the CMD command and get into the directory everything works fine and now my new computer is up and running.