HAL DLLs error on XP

I finally put my computer together And ran into problems. First problem was once I installed windows XP I could not get my PC to run through VGA so I connected it though S-video. Now window starts up and works fine. Next I installed the GPU drivers and set the res to 1080p, and restarted using the VGA output. Everything worked fine. Next I installed the MB drivers, restarted and could not get windows to run. I tried to install windows again and now I get a software error saying Something about HAL DLLs. I am a noob, a very fustrated noob. Please help me. Thanks in advance.

I went on yahoo and did a seach but only got info for NT.

ktr said:

What type of copy of xp are you trying to install?

HAL stands for Hardware abstraction layer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction_layer)

You computer didn't like the motherboard drivers...

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XP pro SP 2

Sorry for my noobness but I didnt really understand completely what HAL is ,but
to cut to the chase, is it a harware or sofware problem I am having?

What I understood is that HAL helps my computer comunicate with the other components.

ktr said:

You might have to start over with the install. Make sure your using the latest drivers.

First install windows,
then mobo drivers,
then video drivers,
finally update windows...

Its kinda weird that you cannot get vga to work but you can get s-video...


btw, list the specs of this rig.

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Thanks KTR. When I tried to install windows from scratch I wont let me because of the error.


Here are my specs.

Intel Pentium D 940 3.20GHz / 4MB Cache / 800MHz FSB / Dual-Core / Presler / OEM / Socket 775 / Processor

ECS nForce 570 SLIT-A v5.1 NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / S/PDIF / SLI Ready / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID

2 X Corsair Value Select 1024MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory (I was going to get 667mhz
but they didnt have it at the time.)

XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX Edition / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE Hard Drive - 250GB - 7200rpm - 300MBps Serial ATA - II - Serial ATA/300 - Serial ATA - Internal

Western Digital Caviar SE Hard Drive - 80GB - 7200rpm - 300MBps Serial ATA - II - Serial ATA/300 - Serial ATA - Internal

Lite-On LH-20A1P SuperAllwrite / 20x DVD±R Burn / 16x DVD±R Read / 8x DVD+RW / 6x DVD-RW / 8x DVD±R DL / 12x DVD-RAM / 48x32x CD-R/RW / Black / DVD Burner

Sabrent 52-in-1 / USB 2.0 Internal / Flash Memory Card Reader & Writer w/ USB 2.0 Port (Black)

1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive (Black)

CoolerMaster Mars CPU Cooler RR-CCX-W9U1-GP, for Intel LGA 775 & AMD Socket AM2 / F/ 754/ 939/ 940

Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1430BWS Black Mid ATX Tower Computer Case w/ X Type Side Panel Window w/ 430w PS

Arctic Silver 5 3.5g High Density Polysynthetic SliverThermal Compound

' Load needed DLLs for HAL '

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1138501952

Bad ram was the problem.

Wile E said:

Now, I wouldn't of thought of that until much later in the game. Thanks for the tip TSX.

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The funny thing was before I had got another error and I looked it up and saw that they recomemded to check for bad ram. So I took out my ram and bam everything was good. I called a buddy of mine and he said maybe the ram was not bad and I had it connected wrong possibly. I put the ram in the slot next to the other stick and it worked fine. Then after is when I did everything in the original post. Stupid me for not trying to do it again.. what a waste of 14hours of my life.