Quote from another thread in this forum "We now know that this is a timing issue and is dependent on the hardware config specifically the controller of the users machine.
No, O'clocking had nothing to do with it, it was happening at 3. I told you wrong, it's mhz, not mhz. I just lucked out and got a good CPU from a good batch of silicon, retail boxed too. This is too, no divider. It barely does the mhz, and only CAS 3, it's flaky. I change it around with Mushkin XP Redline 2gb kit which is a rip-off. So they are already o'clocked! They won't do a single mhz over mhz either!
I obviously don't want to "upgrade" because any 'upgrade' would be a downgrade. They're so high because of the default low multiplier of the 2. Considering the current situation, it seems to me that still no patches has been issued by Microsoft to resolve the problem. I also want to express an opinion: It might be that Western Digital, considered this issue, has released a fix to resolve it? My problem also started after SP3 update. XP Pro would no longer boot with the My Book attached.
I switched to the old sbp2port. Thank you. Your post was great. Microsoft's hotfix KB fixed the problem immediately. Thanks guys! Unfortunately that was just wishful thinking. I've never had problems with my previous smaller external drives Well it has a drive bay where the DVDrw can be swapped with a Floppy drive, a second battery, or a second hard drive Anyway, the other day I had the need to swap the floppy into the slot replaced the 2nd hard drive which is only storage, nothing bootable and the floppy appears under your "Connected devices" icon on the task tray as a "Sony USB Floppy" or something close to that My point being as long as that damn thing is in my machine it won't book I pull the drive out after it had sat trying to boot for 15 mins and 10 seconds later I am in windows If you are dead set on getting rid of the drive there are 2 ways, sell it, and buy something else, OR just buy a new external case, and take the drive out of the MyBook case Let me ask, are you booting to this drive?
If it is the latter, I was thinking I might play around with trying to figure out why this thing wont boot with the USB Sony floppy connected either I have a feeling if I solve my problem it will be the same for you I am surprised you even got someone to admit as much on the phone!! Good luck. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?
SQL Server. Sign in. United States English. Home R2 Library Forums. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. After many attempts I suceeeded with only one unsolvable problem left: If my WD My Book Studio 1 Tb disk is connected during boot, the system hangs during the Windows start up screen and I need to use the power bottom to restart. Restarts ok in safe mode and also in normal mode if firewire plug is unplugged from the drive.
The firewire disk works fine if I roll back XP to SP2 and with Vista Ultimate on the same hardware I have a dual boot system, so hardware should be ok. It also works fine if I connect it after the system has started.
Any suggestions? Sunday, May 11, PM. So I guess our options are: 1. Wait till MS comes out with a fix 2. System Restore back to SP2 3. Maybe use USB instead of Firewire? Monday, May 12, PM. Hi everybody I'm from Italy and have the same trouble too I have a Western Digital premium edition external hard drive, gb, plagged via fireware.
It freezing at the booting screen and cannot go over. The only way, is to reset and boot in " Use last configuration certainly working" mode I'm not sure that this can depend on whether the hard drive is connected by fireware I'm supposing it, because I read on the Web that the problem can afflict those who have Asus motherboards as the SP3 recognizes the bios as not "ACPI compliant" I think there's a little bit of confusion about it Is there a way to avoid the problem?
Or the only one solution is to restore SP2? Will Microsoft release a fix? Thanks everybody! Same here Sometimes system will not reboot and just hangs and I have to reboot again with the Firewire unplugged. If I leave the drives unplugged system is fine.
Tuesday, May 13, AM. Did find this in WD's FAQ: Disconnect any external hard drives from their data cables before starting the installation of the update. Wednesday, May 14, AM. By the way, this is not the same issue as experienced with some AMD systems. Thursday, May 15, AM. Saturday, May 17, AM. I tried every fix to get SP3 installed and failed. Then I saw this thread and unplugged my firewire devices and the install went perfectly and booted fine.
Both devices are now using USB and are working perfectly. I have spoken with a research engineer at Microsoft on a couple of occasions and they are aware of it and are working on a fix.
This is also happening with some USB devices on some systems. Lets hope they get the fix out soon! Files maybe hidden but will be there if you have WD icons in explorer jarrod. The problem seemed solved because for almost a week I hadn't any problem at the Windows booting, but today it resubmitted I hope Microsoft will release a fix as soon as possible to solve the trouble. I noticed, however, that switching off the device before closing Windows, at the next boot it starts regurarly Let's keep updating Tuesday, May 20, PM.
This is definitely a Microsoft sp3 problem. Wednesday, May 21, AM. Setup: - Toshiba P laptop, 2x2. Thursday, May 22, PM.
Hi Guys, Are there any news about this problem? Bye Bye. Sunday, June 8, AM. Ironically, some people have temporarily fixed it by either removing, or, hooking up an external HD!
Update: it's 34 pages long now, and growing. Sunday, June 8, PM. I may have found a solution that worked for me. After upgrading to XP sp3 my computer would not boot with my external firewire drive plugged in. So, after reading through countless forums and knowledge bases I found the answer on Western digitals site.
The problem comes from sbp2port. I found this version in the uninstall directory on my C drive. Just replace this version with the version SP3 installed and everything works now. I can restart my computer now with my firewire drive plugged in. I did this a few days ago and every thing seems to be working fine.
Monday, June 9, AM. Fantom wrote: I may have found a solution that worked for me. Thanks so much for the suggestion! Tuesday, June 10, AM. Try disabling the " Connection" in the "Network Connections". It seemed to work for me. Clint D wrote: Fantom wrote: I may have found a solution that worked for me.
Wednesday, June 11, AM. Hi Guys, thanks for the solution given! Can you help me? Thanks a lot again!!! Wednesday, June 11, PM. Thursday, June 12, AM. Thursday, June 12, PM. Ping - Test 1 from IE 6. Friday, June 13, PM. Hi guys, There appears to a problem with SP3 and sb2port. Tuesday, June 17, PM. Would you like that registry info from my PC? Wednesday, June 18, AM.
Meant for anyone facing a "hang" kind of situation with storage devices during boot time. I was also unable to find users who could not boot if they did NOT have their fw device plugged in.
This is the first time I am hearing of the reverse scenario to what we know of. Again, the registry hives would really help us. Rebooting when needed. You can uninstall one or both when done. Then perform an online scan with the eSet Online Scanner. You may wish to free up some disk space will also aid in getting rid of things you do not utilize by going through these steps:.
If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but your latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files".. When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's memory to the hiberfil.
As a result, the size of the hiberfil. If you don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows uses for the hiberfil. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. Click the System Restore tab. Highlight one of your drives or C: if you only have one and click on the "Settings" button.
Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest moving the slider until you have just about 1GB MB or close to that Click OK.. Then Click OK again. It may be MUCH larger right now. If you had a LOT, this could take minutes or more. You can use an application that scans your system for log files and temporary files and use that to get rid of those:.
Ccleaner Free! Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used. Then you can determine what to do. After that - you will want to check for any physical errors and arrange everything for efficient access". If asked, select "Run". You might check the audio as well while you are there.
Then go to the manufacturer's web pages for your other peripherals - like scanners, cameras, printers, etc. Double-click on the downloaded installation file from the step above and follow the prompts. Although disabling your antivirus software is not usually recommended, some antivirus software prevents certain system files from being changed.
To make sure that you can successfully install Windows XP SP3, temporarily disable your antivirus software including any antispyware and third-party firewall programs. To do this, right-click your antivirus program icon, and then click Disable. The antivirus program icon typically appears in the lower-right corner of the computer screen.
Note An antivirus program is designed to help protect your computer from viruses. You must not download or open files from sources that you do not trust, visit Web sites that you do not trust, or open e-mail attachments when your antivirus program is disabled. For more information about computer viruses, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. After you make sure all prerequisites are met, go to the "Recommended steps before you install Windows XP SP3" section.
Perform a full backup of the files that you have on your computer to an external location We recommend that you perform a full backup of the files that you have on your computer to an external location, such as an external hard disk, DVD, CD, USB flash drive, or network folder.
You can use the Backup and Restore Wizard to back up documents, pictures, and other files. For more information, visit the Microsoft Help and Support Center Web site, and see the "Backing up files and folders" section or view the following knowledge base article:.
This helps you repair your setup if the installation fails. To create an Automated System Recovery set by using Backup, follow these steps:. Open Backup. By default, the Backup or Restore Wizard starts, unless it is disabled.
Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. Important You will need a blank 1. Review your version of Internet Explorer. To determine your browser version, click About Internet Explorer on the Help menu. After you take these recommended steps, go to the "Steps that are required before you install Windows XP SP3" section.
Start your computer, and then log on as an administrator. Note Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the operating system and to its settings. You can use the Administrator user name to log on, or you can use another account that is a member of the Administrators group.
To determine the groups to which you belong, click Start , click Control Panel , and then click User Accounts. If you need help to verify that you are an administrator on the computer, click the following link to verify your operating environment:.
If your computer is running on battery power, plug it in so that your computer does not lose power during the installation. If your computer has multiple user accounts that can log on to your computer at the same time and you use Fast User Switching, make sure that all other users are logged off before you install Windows XP SP3.
For more information about how to obtain Windows XP Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. This section lists some most common error messages that you may receive when you install Windows XP SP3.
Refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article that is associated with each error message for possible workarounds or resolutions. If you receive an installation error message that is not contained in this article, try the steps that are listed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:. If you receive error messages during the installation of Windows XP SP3, use the information in this section to troubleshoot the installation.
This section is intended for beginning to intermediate users. If you are not comfortable with troubleshooting steps, you may want to ask a friend for help.
Setup has detected that another update is in progress. Please complete that installation or removal and try again. Please complete that installation or removal and try again".
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