Vista Install Error: Computer restarted unexpectedly or encountere

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unexpected error.

It was on the final boot into a fresh install. Blue screen flashed by, did
not see a thing before it was gone. This is the fifth attempt at Vista 32bit
Business Edition!
Disabled everything in the BIOS except the onboard LAN.
Config:
D945GTPLKR in IDE Mode (RAID off),
Pentium D 2.8 GHz. 915
1 GB DDR dual channel
Seagate 300 GB 7200.10 SATA
HP DVD840 DVDRW IDE (crappy but works)
AcePower 520 Watt PSU
Cirque PS/2 keyboard and touchpad (to eliminate USB Kb/M)

This one is really weird and is my first encounter with a no-go install of
Vista. The machine is a data mule that we decided to drop XP SP2 off of as we
are migrating everything to Vista and this is the second last one. The
components are mounted into a Compaq desktop case cover for quick access to
install drives for Ghosting, erasure, and more.

Components are all relatively new within the last couple of months and ran
XP flawlessly.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Phil E.
MSBS
 
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Since no one else has offered any suggestions, I will take a stab in the dark.

Have you updated the bios on your Intel D945GTPLKR motherboard? The current
bios release for the Intel D945GTP family is 4034 [NT94510J.86A]. Bios
version 4034 was released on November 9th, 2006. You can find the update at
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/

When I update the bios on Intel board's I use the iflash utility and a
bootdisk. If you are not familiar with how to do this, use the bios update
designed for use within Windows. If you are not able to update the bios from
within Windows I encourage you to let a technician perform the update.

Brandon Moses
 
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