Trouble getting past windows LOGO

[Riverat]

A friend brought hisi pc,[in Town for the Easter] for a look.Getting a blue screen with error page fault,corrup registry and the ## and could not go in windows by any means,This is what I tried, the repair option,safe mode, swaped memory chip for a good one,still the same error.
Reistalled Windows by deleting the windows folder kept it fat 32,This time no error but wold get to the Window Logo and wait for a couple of seconds and restart.
1: Well this time I reinstal windows by deleted the partition and converted to NTFS.
Everything went fine the drivers Via 4-1 the updates for windows the new programs.
Well he lives 4 Hours drive, gets home and call's me and says the PC will boot up to the Windows logo and reboot No errors but wont go into windows.What can I do to help him, I created a back up image of the HD and can be restored. But I'm afraid it might be somenthing else and the restore might not help.
PC /300/W-Ps
Epox AK7A
XP1800
256 Ram
40 W/D
32 Vanta Nvidia
CD-Writter Plextor 12x4x32

[Ferrit]

Well first off RiverRat i would assume this is an Epox 8K7A not an AK7A
Now that has a hybird chipset which is Via/Amd
It may require the AMD chipset AMD driver pack 1.30 to run along side of the Via drivers
It sounds to me like its hanging on a pice of hardware though. SO
I would shut off all onboard stuff like USB and Sound and
pull all cards except the video and then try a boot and see if it can get to windows that way

[Riverat]

Well first off RiverRat i would assume this is an Epox 8K7A not an AK7A
Now that has a hybird chipset which is Via/Amd
It may require the AMD chipset AMD driver pack 1.30 to run along side of the Via drivers
It sounds to me like its hanging on a pice of hardware though. SO
I would shut off all onboard stuff like USB and Sound and
pull all cards except the video and then try a boot and see if it can get to windows that way

I stand corrected its 8K7A MB.
I recall installing the latest Drivers from EPOX-Miniport AGP driver 4-1 Via and the Sound driver but not The Amd driver Pack 1.30; is this pack available @ AMD site?.if not where can I download it?
I'll see if he can boot in safe Mode to install the driver.

[Riverat]

I went to AMD to look for the Miniport 1.30 to download it,and according to the
instructions Windows Xp does not need this driver, only NT, 2000 win 98+95 unless I guess somenthing else could be an issue here.
How about the PS, can it be going bad? this system had been runnig for about a year in this case,

[NooNoo]

Will it boot to safe mode?

[Riverat]

Will it boot to safe mode?

As is with many peolpe they do not tell you all the details, It turn out to be he's Monitor? He later described the facts 1- he could hear the windows logging inn sound and the hard disk continued running,but the screen black out, also could not turn his monitor on or off unless unplugged from the wall, he borrowed a monitor from a friend and Violah, cse Solved,
Thanks a lot for the sugestions anyway