Black screen at Installation

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Guest

Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4 32bit
version

My specs:
Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
1 gig RAM
ATI X800 video card
300 gig hard drive

When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are loading
and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black and
doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds or
dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour to
see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that my
specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug with
vista?
 
Z

Zack Whittaker

Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of the
DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.

If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
virtually and install from there.

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Guest

Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying your
methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of mine,
everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took about 90
minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen again
and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on my tower
and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that said
something about errors while trying to install. Then restore settings or
something like that was selected along with another option that I didn't
catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started spinning
and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign of vista
being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the initial
setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were possible to
see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing the
hangup or were it is erroring out at
 
G

Guest

Can't edit my last post but anyways I removed all unneccessary peripherals
and am left with just the basics. I formatted the drive I am installing to
and tried to install from within windows as boot to the dvd still goes to the
black screen. From within windows setup seems to run alot faster this time
but at 49% an error screen pops up stating setup cannot continue and gives
error code # 80070001. I searched and am unable to locate any description to
this error code. Is there a way to find out what it means?
 
C

Chris

I'm basicly getting the same problem [Beta 2]. Except it installs a bunch of
stuff, finishes and then restarts. When it restarts it loads, and just when
it is ready to give me a real screen, I get a BSOD. error 9C, or a machine
check expection. :(

Chris J.
 
G

Guest

I have the latest bios that asus supplies for this motherboard. Drive isn't
raw just one big partition when I formatted it. My feelings are my
motherboard is the cause of these headaches and I either need to give up or
upgrade. Upgrading now just doesn't seem smart with new and better hardware
comming out by the end of the year that should be certified to work with
vista.
 
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Chris

BTW:

My problem was fixed when I upgraded the BIOS.

Chris J.

Chris said:
I'm basicly getting the same problem [Beta 2]. Except it installs a bunch
of stuff, finishes and then restarts. When it restarts it loads, and just
when it is ready to give me a real screen, I get a BSOD. error 9C, or a
machine check expection. :(

Chris J.

DragonsLee said:
Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
32bit
version

My specs:
Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
1 gig RAM
ATI X800 video card
300 gig hard drive

When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
loading
and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black
and
doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds
or
dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour
to
see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that
my
specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug
with
vista?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

I'm having the same problem during installation. On the final part of the
install it clearly says completing installation. I then get a black screen
with blinking cursor on the top left.

At first I thought it was my partition that I was installing it to so I blew
it off and set it up again. Ran the install and the same issue.

I have the latest BIOS for my motherboard and system specs are:

ATI x1600 PRO - 512MB - AGP
1.0 GB RAM
AMD Athlon 3000+
80 GB HDD
Toshiba DVD Burner and LG CD/RW

I've tried everything to make this install work including some of the ideas
presented in this thread and various other threads with install problems.

At this point, I'm giving up. It's not worth me spending another 2 hrs
(I've already spent 8 trying 4 times to install this).

If anyone has any other ideas, I would be very happy to try one more install
before I frisbee this DVD out my window.
 
G

Guest

This is the identical problem that I have. I started another thread, but my
system config is:

AMD3700+ (64-bit with 64-bit Vista beta)
2048MB Cosair XMS RAM
ATI X1600XT Pro AGP 512MB
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum

I am trying the 32-bit version now for no real reason... maybe it will work?
 
G

Guest

This is the identical problem that I have. I started another thread, but my
system config is:

AMD3700+ (64-bit with 64-bit Vista beta)
2048MB Cosair XMS RAM
ATI X1600XT Pro AGP 512MB
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum

I am trying the 32-bit version now for no real reason... maybe it will work?
 
G

Guest

For the record... the 32-bit version does the same exact thing. If I restart
the PC and tell it to go to safe mode, it can complete the installation.
However, the PC never works except in safe mode unless you disable the video
driver; the end result being that you cannot use Aero Glass...

If an MS rep is reading this right now... please fix these problems if you
ever expect people to shell out $450 for Vista proper.
 
G

Guest

For the record... the 32-bit version does the same exact thing. If I restart
the PC and tell it to go to safe mode, it can complete the installation.
However, the PC never works except in safe mode unless you disable the video
driver; the end result being that you cannot use Aero Glass...

If an MS rep is reading this right now... please fix these problems if you
ever expect people to shell out $450 for Vista proper.
 
G

Guest

For the record... the 32-bit version does the same exact thing. If I restart
the PC and tell it to go to safe mode, it can complete the installation.
However, the PC never works except in safe mode unless you disable the video
driver; the end result being that you cannot use Aero Glass...

If an MS rep is reading this right now... please fix these problems if you
ever expect people to shell out $450 for Vista proper.
 
G

Guest

For the record... the 32-bit version does the same exact thing. If I restart
the PC and tell it to go to safe mode, it can complete the installation.
However, the PC never works except in safe mode unless you disable the video
driver; the end result being that you cannot use Aero Glass...

If an MS rep is reading this right now... please fix these problems if you
ever expect people to shell out $450 for Vista proper.
 
G

Guest

Oh... and suprise suprise... unless I use IE6 (oppose of my usual, superior
Fx) I get tons of error messages when posting... perhaps MS should start
playing nicer with other vendors before they loose more marketshare to
various Linux distros.
 
G

Guest

The same problem here. Overlooking the posts on this matter, the problem can
only be the graphic card drivers, since the problems occur on AMD based as
well as Intel based systems using different branches of motherboards with
different types op chipsets and regardless the use of PCI-e or AGP versions
of this card. My specs are:

GigaByte GA8-INXP motherboard
Sapphire X1600 Pro 512MB, AGP 8x
1GB dual channel DDR RAM
WD SATA 10.000 RPM Raptor
 

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