I don't think he has a 64-bit system. He just crossposted to everything xp.

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"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
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>I think you should reveal a little about the internals of that machine -
>Motherboard; BIOS version; Graphics Card; HD System - anything you know is
>there, and specifically, something about the steps you have been taking to
>make sure everything has 64bit support, by way of drivers - and maybe you
>shouldn't be cross-posting to all those unrelated NG's?
> Could end up being more confusing than helpful.
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> Tony. . .
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> <technology_guy@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:1132983789.572245.112940@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> I've got a new XP box. About 3/4 of the time, it does not boot into
>> normal mode. Instead, you see the keyboard ack flash, the loading XP
>> msg, the screen blank, the loading XP msg, and the screen (and
>> keyboard) seem to go dead.
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>> 100% of the time, it can boot into Safe Mode (so, we're talking maybe a
>> h/w or s/w driver problem?)
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>> If I try to bring it up in Boot Log or VGA mode, it dies as above.
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>> Is there a way I can log the booting process to see where it's getting
>> hosed? If so, what do I need to do to turn it on and how can I get to
>> the log file?
>>
>> Can you suggest any online resources which help guide you through the
>> requisite detective work?
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