Xp boot failure

[Wh4len]

Hi

I have a v5 5500. And i have a dell server/workstation.
It has 512mb rdram, 2 Intel P3 Xeon 993mhz, 18gb scsi.

It has the right agp slot and it boots to Win2k beautifully.
But the thing is that xp simply refuses to show a picture
when the installation is complete.

This really freaks me out... what can/should i do?
Any ideas?

[Nightbird]

Do you see the boot sequence (when the mobo starts) ?

[.SLeEP]

Try installing a second Graphics card into your Computer. An old PCI Card would be very helpful I assume. Check your BIOS settings, if there's an option like "Boot from PCI / AGP" , set it to PCI and see if you can bring up WinXP with the PCI card. Then add the Voodoo to your system and install latest drivers for your Voodoo. After that, remove the PCI card and test if it works with the V5 only...

[Wh4len]

Hey, that's a good thought.

I wonder if the dell bios is so
feature ful, well thanks for the tip ^^

And yes i see everythin up to when the
xp screen is supposed to come up....

Well thanks, gonna be back as soon as i try it.

[.SLeEP]

What Version of Windows XP do you use to install your machine? As far as i recall, we had an issue at work with a Windows XP with integrated SP2 CD. It would set the display resolution automatically to 1280*1024 pixels not 800*600 as it was with WinXP "Classic". Maybe your attached Monitor cannot display this resolution properly?

I know this sounds somehow ridiculous but I experienced it myself. Used an old 15" CRT to install a PC and it refused to show a picutre with 1280*1024 resolution. Boot screen etc is okay but afterwards nothing *g*

[Wh4len]

when you mention it, it was a Sp2 integrated Xp verision.

Gonna have to dig the other one up from my friend.....
i hade one lying around.... ^^

Thanks.. i would never thought of that