Constant Vista Installation error's

[Guest]

Hi All,

I bought Vista Ultimate Upgrade, to install on my latest XP PRO SP2
Gamer. It would not install on any partition that was physical, only logical
partition. After I finally did get it installed, I was unable to setup( type
my name & password) Vista so I could logon. parts of the windows & words were
missing, (like the NEXT prompt)

1 Biostar 6100-M9
2 x 512MB Corsair Value RAM (Matched Set)
2 x 512MB Mushkin Green Line(Matched Set)
2 x 250MB WD Cavier SE SATA 3.0 (HDD)
1 D-Link Wireless PCI card
1 Optiarc AD-7170A DVD-+RW (ODD)

All my hardware passed the Vista Upgrade advisor

Any Idea's why, or what I should do?

Thanks,

JC

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

The Upgrade Advisor can only report known conflicts, it is not a tell-all,
know-all tool. Some thoughts:

- you may need an updated BIOS
- does Biostar list the board as Vista compatible?
- just because the two pairs are matched does not mean they will work well
with each other
- what video card is in use?
- is the system overclocked?

The upgrade disk is designed to be started from within the existing
installation - did you do this?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Hi,

After reading your post, I did some thinking.
I'm not sure if the MOBO is vista capable, but it was built on Feb 2 2007,
after Vista was released.(according to Bel-arc advisor)
Why would Biostar build a non vista board, after Vista was out(in RTM) for
Socket 939 CPU's in the end of Jan 07 ?
The BIOS is from March 07 & is the latest.
I forgot the CPU is a 4600+ X2
I do not have the system overclocked, I'll remove one set of the matched
pairs, to see if it helps.
I have the EVGA 320MB 8800GTS PCI-E Video Card.

I tried upgrading from the XP pro SP2 install, it BSOD's right away &
reboots. I'll look in the Event Manager for what the error message is.
thanks,

pcfixinman

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

From the sounds of it, I should think that board would be fine. I'd start
with a barebones install to eliminate any potential problems.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick,

How do I do a Barebones install?

thanks,

pcfixinman

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Remove all non-essential hardware, just leave the mouse and keyboard. No
printers, USB attachments, sound cards, game controllers, etc.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Hi Rick,

How do I do a Barebones install?

thanks,

pcfixinman