Building a New System

[Charles Harris]

MSI K9N Platinum, AMD 64 X2 4600 cpu, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, DVD drive, WD 250GB
SATA 16MB cache HD Geforce 7600.

Vista will not install on this system at all. I've tried installing to a
blank formatted drive. Installing XP SP2 and upgrading no luck. Vista won't
install on the SATA drive. I'm wondering if I should just wait for RC-1

 

[Guest]

load the sata driver where you choose the partition. real mode is axed, it's
all protected-mode based now.

 

[Lang Murphy]

You have to provide the SATA -controller- driver during install. Which build
are you trying to install? I had to provide the SATA controller driver in
5384 but 5472 had the driver, so I didn't have to provide the driver when I
installed 5472. Of course we may have different SATA controllers.

Lang

 

[Lang Murphy]

Oops... I must have "disremembered" my 5472 install because I just tried
installing 5536 on my Dell XPS Gen 2 and not only did it need the SATA
controller driver, but it, Vista Setup, BSOD'd after I provided the driver.
Nice. It's a new feature.

Lang

 

[Lang Murphy]

Ah... tried installing 5536 on my Dell XPS Gen 2 again and got the BSOD
after providing the SATA controller driver. So I guess I'll be running 5472
on that seat until a new build that doesn't BSOD during setup arrives.

Lang

 

[Chad Harris]

Lang are you dual booting and launching Vista setup from XP or are you
launching setup from the Vista DVD after restart?

CH

 

[Lang Murphy]

Booting to Vista DVD. No dual boot. Guess I could look around for an updated
iastor.inf, etc.

Thanks,

Lang