das-k Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi, here's the situation: I was running my system smoothly: WinXP GA-P35-DS4 Rev 1.1 Intel Q6600 2x IDE HD 1x SATA HD 1x SATA DVD nVidia GeForce 8800GT PCIe Creative Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Audio PCI TP Link WiFi PCI 3 GB DDR2 RAM Windows worked. I tried to install iDeneb (on SATA HD), but PC kept rebooting while loading setup. Then I simply deactivated IDE Channels in BIOS and got setup working. Windows was running still fine at that time. While most installation failed I tried a clean one without any drivers - and it worked. So I installed those missing drivers later but I got a "Please Reboot your machine" screen. Anyway, changed back my BIOS settings but windows did not boot. After lots of tries there was no change. I tried reinstalling but, strange thing: Windows XP keeps denying installing on my IDE HD (running in IDE mode of course) saying the hd is no xp-like format. Vista just reboots after "windows is loading files". And even OSX, where installation worked earlier, now keeps rebooting just like in the beginning. Could the driver installation earlier destroyed some hardware components? Cause these errors happen with different ram, with any possible sata/pata configuration, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweb8888 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Haven't heard of software destroying hardware. Apart maybe from viruses (don't ask). If you got nothing important on the other IDE drive or the SATA, try installing XP there (don't format the drive, just install). When you boot into windows after the install just try to format the HD that was causing problems or use software (partition magic or something) to check the drive. I am not an expert in those things but maybe you got a corrupter partition or something. I think I had a similar problem in the past as well but Vista DVD fixed it. I had to format the whole HD as far as I can remember. As a last solution there is low level format. It takes a while but should work. Bare in mind there might be better and easier solutions for your problem, this is just what I will do. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/#findComment-1051654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 for the rebooting loop Check No Executable status in bios (NX/XD) for Vanilla Kernel for my understanding do you install two OS ( Vista and OSX) on one HD ( which you switch from IDE to AHCI) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/#findComment-1051929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
das-k Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 no IDE 1 = Vista or XP IDE 2 = Data and stuff SATA 0 = DVD SATA 1 = OSX but it restarts now even when trying so start ubuntu via live cd. something is wrong and I cannot figure out what. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/#findComment-1051947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjartano Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 well, I had a similiar problem once with XP installation, Vista installation and also the Live ubuntu CD.... I changed something regarding to the SATA configuration in the BIOS... dont remember exactly what, but after that the Ubuntu Live CD started to work and then I installed XP... Dont worry, I dont think that OSX broke anything, it's probably some configuration, but there is a chance that some of your hardware could be broken (not related to OSX install) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/#findComment-1052458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHair Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Try running memtest86 and see if you get errors. It could be a faulty RAM stick. And check the temps, maybe somethings overheating? Sometimes the options "plug and play OS" and "USB Legacy" can cause problems, try disabling both in your BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148497-can-osx-destroy-my-hardware/#findComment-1052510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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