Hello All, I hope someone can help me with this problem as I’m totally at my wits end with it and it is getting more & more expensive.
I recently built my daughter a new PC. A quick list of main components:
AMD 64 3800 X2 dual core processor
Abit KN8 SLI MOBO
Western Digital 250GB SATA Drive
2-1GB sticks of PNY Ram
Windows XP PRO 64 bit OS
When first assembled and loaded w/OS and all other software, PC worked great for about 6 or 7 mos. Suddenly, one day a couple of weeks ago it developed an error when booting up of something like ” File XX\system32\ntkrnl.exe missing or corrupt. Please reload file”
I tried but could not do a repair with the OS CD. So, I thought I’d just do a reinstall of the OS, but then got the error ” line 2003 of the INF file\AMD64\txtsetup.sif is invalid. Setup cannot continue”
I tried using an eraser program, to erase the HD and do a clean re-install, but the eraser program only sees the unallocated space on the HD and would only erase that.
I tried installing WinXP Pro 32 bit instead. This started and ran but kept hanging at the “Starting Windows” screen.
I bit the bullet and bought a new HD and am still getting the same error with the 64 bit OS, and still hanging with the 32 bit OS.
Thinking it must be a bad processor, I bought a new AMD 64 4200 X2 dual core and installed that.I also purchased a new copy of WinXP Pro 32 bit, to be sure it wasn’t any of my copies that were bad or something.
Am still getting the same error code with the 64 bit OS, but now getting about the same error also with the 32 bit OS ” Line 20896 of the INF file\i386\txtsetup.sif is invalid”
So now I”m totally flabergasted and disgusted that I can’t get this PC up and going. The only thing left to replace is the MOBO and RAM? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
