Re: shuttle mn31n, win xp pro: almost immediate blank

for anyone else: this behavior is due to a drive partition table that
was written by linux and that windows XP install had trouble with.
So, first check that you clear out your old partition table: you will
not get win XP to the point where it can do it itself.

/iaw


(ivo welch) wrote in message news:< om>...
> hi:
>
> Shuttle MN31N (geforce 4mx built-in), 512MB, Samsung 1204 hard drive.
> bios: phoenix 6.00pg nforce2 03/28/2003-mn31 6a61bh2ac-00.
>
> tried 3 differently burned, confirmed CDs for installation of Win XP
> Pro. boot right from cd. The screen clears, there is a message that
> it is going to take an inventory, then winXP install disk goes blank
> within 3 seconds (monitor still synced), and then nothing else
> happens. (linux mandrake 9.1 installed without a problem, though the
> realtek network driver has trouble. so, I know the system works.)
>
> anyone run into the same problem?
>
> sincerely,
>
> /iaw