DVD won't fully boot - ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 2800+ Barton Lite-on

[Guest]

i get the grey windows is loading files.
when it gets to the graphical part, the part with color, the screen goes
black and the system is frozen. can't toggle the caps or num lock so i know
the system is hung.
this system runs windows xp and gentoo linux rock solid.
anyone with this motherboard had luck booting the 32 bit Vista Beta 2?
i've burned it 3x.
from xp i get not valid win32 app.
also tried md5 sum, check ok and burn from linux.
same problem.
thanks...

 

[Dominic Payer]

I installed x86 Beta2 on an A7N8X-E (Athlon XP 3200, 1GB RAM) and found
there were long periods when the system appeared to be hung - blank screen
with no indication of activity and periods when the mouse and keyboard were
unresponsive although the mouse cursor and/or dialog boxes were on screen -
but left it and the system came back and the install completed successfully.

I think you just need to be patient.

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

If you are getting an error message that "setup.exe is not a valid win32
app." then it is very likely that you have the x64 version of Vista, and not
the x86 version. Do you have a 64-bit CPU?

 

[Guest]

negative. the file name says x86. i have downloaded it twice to be sure.
i will try the previous idea, i.e. let it sit for a while and see what
happens.
thanks to all who replied

Scorpaen