24 views and no replies so here is the solution I found that worked at:
http://www.d-a-l.com/help/archive/index.php/t-19372.html On this web page do a "Find" text on this page with, MS-6787 to find the following post and also read the posts that lead up to it for a fuller picture:
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HERE'S THE FIX.......
After hours of frustration with a Tiny PC, I discovered that the BIOS had been 'adapted' to accept Prescott based Intel processors. The latest BIOS for the MS-6787 on the MSI website was dated a year earlier than the one on the Tiny PC, strange I thought!
In desperation I searched the Microsoft supprt pages and found "Your computer stops responding when you restart to complete the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=885626&product=windowsxpsp2 It would appear that this board (any some others) are not Prescott ready and crash on XP SP2 install.
In short if you install Critical Update for Windows XP (KB885626)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=9B99C199-5D75-454F-AE07-B620727BE8D8&displaylang=en and then install Service Pack 2, it WILL work.
If your PC has already got stuck! Then you will need to reinstall XP SP1 then apply fix then run SP2. (You could try changing the CPU to a non-Prescott and see if it boots)
I realise that this post is over a year since the original query, but I hope that someone finds the information useful.
Steve
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There we are my thanks to Steve.
I have posted what I found to complete the picture just in case there should be anyone else out there struggling with this or something similar.
Regards,
Les.
