Windows freezes with black screen at start-up

[andro2000]

Hi,
I have checked several forums but did not help me very much so I post it here.

I have an older system and was using Linux (Pardus dist.) for a while and since I wanted to check some games I have tried to installed windows xp sp2.

I have the following configuration
amd 2500++
asus a7v8x-x (bios updated)
250 gb ide Samsung 2514n hdd
1 cdrom
3 * 512 mb ram
msi radeon 9800 pro (rx9800 red with rv350 gpu)
tv card winfast expert xp
monitor connected via vga
new psu 350 W

For linux i use a different hdd (30 gb) but everything works fine.

I have installed winxp pro sp2, but my computer is crashing on every startup with a black screen after the winlogo.
I tried several video drivers
omega
catalyst
old drivers supplied with graphic card

I manage sometimes to see the desktop, which ends in some seconds as black and frozen .
I can startup in safe mode and in vga mode.

I think it might be a driver problem, but dont know what should i try next.

Thanks

andro

 

[raybay]

If you installed Windows to an added partition, after having already installed Linux, that could be the problem. Windows XP must usually be installed first, unless you know all the tricks.

 

[andro2000]

thanks for the answer,

I have 2 hdds and disconnect one of them in order to avoid problems with booting.

Windows has its own hdd configured as slave.

 

[raybay]

I don't think so.

 

[andro2000]

no, it is not the hdd.

The problem seems to be the 3d acceleration of the graphic card.
I tried the glxgears command on linux and also a 3d game under linux.
It has crashed again.
So the question now is,
is it possible that a card funktions well until 3d is needed,
or can it be still the PSU.

 

[raybay]

With a video card, just about anything can come back to haunt you.

 

[boonard]

sounds like i have the same problem

it only works after i turn the thing off at the power and on again

but if i turn it off again, it jst freezes at the splash screen again

any luck yet??