Tested both with and without the cards to the same result. BIOS not set to
boot from USB. It will get as far as right before the bliue login screen. the
second I remove the devices it goes right into the login screen.

Nothing like this ever happened until my last clean install a month or so
agao. I think I have somewhere lost the good drivers for the USB 2.0. Did MS
include a new USB 2.0 driver in one of their worthless updates?

If I disbale USB 2.0 in BIOS it boots just fine regardless of what is
plugged in.


"sinedthegreat" wrote:

> Also, does this happen at the beginning of the boot sequence, that is, before
> windows xp starts? If so, this is not a XP problem and reinstalling or
> changing anything in XP won't solve the problem.
> "Og" wrote:
>
> > Be sure that your System BIOS is _not_ set to boot from a USB device.
> > Steve
> >
> > "mclaren1975" <mclaren1975@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5F2F9593-E658-4300-982D-61C48482C146@microsoft.com...
> > > JUST did a clean install of XP Pro and I am having the exact same problem
> > > that caused me to do the install. If I have ANY USB devices installed, XP
> > > won't boot. I have four on board USB boards, 2 more PCI cards with 4 each
> > > for
> > > a total of 12. I can't seem to locate any updated drivers. Uninstalling
> > > and
> > > re-sinstalling the USB drivers doesn't work.
> > >
> > > I've tried it with all kind sof combinations of devices and there doesn't
> > > seem to be a common thread. MoBo, power supply, memory, HD are all fine.
> > > All
> > > bought within a year.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >