Can't complete Installation - Blue Screen of Death post first boot

[Guest]

Problem isolated and workaround in place! Okay, anybody using the LITEON
LH-20A1L DVD/Lightscribe drive: It will work for installing 64-bit apps BUT
UNPLUG it after the setup restarts for finalization. Once all updates were
installed (OS) I thought I would give the drive another chance. Any takers
on what happened? It blue screened again. I think it has something to do
with the drive being picked up as a DVD-RAM drive but am unable to confirm
this. I can confirm that all works well without the drive connected. So the
workaround ~ map your other computers DVD drive and don't go to the movies
for a couple weeks as discipline for believing the LH-20A1L claim of working
with Vista (it does, just not the 64-bit version). Any suggestions on a
proving SATA DVD/Lightscribe burner for Ultimate 64?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

I know of at least two ways, myself. ;-)

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[Charlie Tame]

Problem isolated and workaround in place! Okay, anybody using the LITEON
LH-20A1L DVD/Lightscribe drive: It will work for installing 64-bit apps BUT
UNPLUG it after the setup restarts for finalization. Once all updates were
installed (OS) I thought I would give the drive another chance. Any takers
on what happened? It blue screened again. I think it has something to do
with the drive being picked up as a DVD-RAM drive but am unable to confirm
this. I can confirm that all works well without the drive connected. So the
workaround ~ map your other computers DVD drive and don't go to the movies
for a couple weeks as discipline for believing the LH-20A1L claim of working
with Vista (it does, just not the 64-bit version). Any suggestions on a
proving SATA DVD/Lightscribe burner for Ultimate 64?

Well I have a Liteon DVD and had no trouble but not sure what model, I
know it was cheap. In fact I have 3 but only 2 of the machines are 64 bit.

So you are saying that if you plug the drive in and reboot Vista it crashes?

This sounds like a memory mapping conflict or something, is there
anything else on that IDE cable? I mean I know you have checked jumpers
etc but what if you unplug the "Other" device if there is one.

If I get time (and I may well not) and the opportunity I'll try
installing 64 bit on the Asus machine just out of curiosity

 

[Guest]

I thought it may be a mapping error myself, but finally decided to stop
'dumping' around. Its a SATA drive.