I'm currently upgrading a kit from Windows 98 to Windows NT 4 (not 2000 due to a specific hardware / software compatibility issue).
The specs of the upgraded hardware are:
Soyo 6BA+ III motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
Intel PIII 450MHz
768MB PC133 memory (upgraded from 384MB PC100, memory is known good)
Quantum 40GB IDE hard drive (upgraded from 6GB Samsung IDE)
Matrox G450 video (upgraded from i740)
SYMBIOS chipset SCSI card
CD-ROM
Zip drive
I needed to upgrade the BIOS so the motherboard could recognise the hard drive; I used the most recent available on the Soyo website.
Whenever I make a configuration change in NT (installing drivers, service packs, applications etc) I get the following error message:
"Windows NT could not be started as configured. A previous working configuration was used instead."
Unless I go into the Last Known Good when prompted and press "D" to force the default configuration.
I have found a MS Knowledge Base article about it at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q135/5/27.asp?LN=EN-GB&SD=gn&FR=0 and I have tried it's recommendations but to no avail.
I have tried various things with taking out legacy (ISA) cards, fiddling with virtually all BIOS settings that might make a difference, but I have not been able to get a resolution to it.
Can anybody help me?
The specs of the upgraded hardware are:
Soyo 6BA+ III motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
Intel PIII 450MHz
768MB PC133 memory (upgraded from 384MB PC100, memory is known good)
Quantum 40GB IDE hard drive (upgraded from 6GB Samsung IDE)
Matrox G450 video (upgraded from i740)
SYMBIOS chipset SCSI card
CD-ROM
Zip drive
I needed to upgrade the BIOS so the motherboard could recognise the hard drive; I used the most recent available on the Soyo website.
Whenever I make a configuration change in NT (installing drivers, service packs, applications etc) I get the following error message:
"Windows NT could not be started as configured. A previous working configuration was used instead."
Unless I go into the Last Known Good when prompted and press "D" to force the default configuration.
I have found a MS Knowledge Base article about it at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q135/5/27.asp?LN=EN-GB&SD=gn&FR=0 and I have tried it's recommendations but to no avail.
I have tried various things with taking out legacy (ISA) cards, fiddling with virtually all BIOS settings that might make a difference, but I have not been able to get a resolution to it.
Can anybody help me?