How do you set up Vista on a SATA drive?

[M Skabialka]

Problem solved. Since a lot of posts mentioned memory, I removed the RAM
and replaced it with 2 GB that I had taken out. On post I got a message
that the memory was over-clocked, so I chose the "set defaults" option.
That fixed everything. Apparently the P5K motherboard instructions that I
configure my RAM in BIOS to 1066 speed because that is its rating messed
everything up. I was able to set up Vista with absolutely zero problems,
even reinstalling 4 GB total of RAM. It's a fine machine!
Thanks for all suggestions...
Mich

 

[M Skabialka]

Problem solved. Since a lot of posts mentioned memory, I removed the RAM
and replaced it with 2 GB that I had taken out. On post I got a message
that the memory was over-clocked, so I chose the "set defaults" option.
That fixed everything. Apparently the P5K motherboard instructions that I
configure my RAM in BIOS to 1066 speed because that is its rating messed
everything up. I was able to set up Vista with absolutely zero problems,
even reinstalling 4 GB total of RAM. It's a fine machine!
Thanks for all suggestions...
Mich

 

[M Skabialka]

Now that it is up and running (see elsewhere in this posting) WiFi works
great also. Also I had the net cable connected during the entire install so
it would get updates as it was installing, with no problems, and then traded
it out for WiFi.

Mich

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

I'm confused, Donald L McDaniel.
Did the OP say anywhere that he was installing on an external drive?
I don't see that in his message.

Thanks, DP. I just reread the thread. I don't know where I got the
idea that the OP was attempting to use an e-Sata drive to install on.
It may have been a side comment from someone else I was actually
responding to, but I can't say for sure.

Anyway, thanks for pointing out my obvious gaffe.

I do apologize for any confusion I may have caused you.

Donald L McDaniel

 

[CMShepard]

Main Processor : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, 2
CPUs
CPU Real Clock : 2600MHz(200x13.0)
Memory Testing : 4194304K OK
CPU0 Memory Information: DDR2 800 @ 371 Mhz, Dual Channel, 128-bit
NVMM : 4.062.0704/24/06 Tcl :5 Trcd :5 Trp :5 Tras :15 (2T
Timing)

It means that the AMD X2 5000+ is running at 2600MHz. It is known
as an odd multiplier processor because the multiplier to get the proper
clock is 13. (200 X 13 = 2600).

The memory needs 400 MHz, and to get that you need to divide
2600 by 6.5. But the memory controller in the 5000+ does not have any
fractional divisors.

Using a divisor of 6 would give a memory clock of 433, too high.
Using a divisor of 7 would give a memory clock of 371.4, the best
that you can do.

Only AMD X2 processors with clock frequencies evenly divisible
by 400 will run the memory at the rated speed.
For example, the 5200+ runs at 2800MHz, and runs
the memory at 2800 divided by 7.

This is fixed for the Phenom processors.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, CM.

Thanks for the explanation. I don't completely understand it yet, but
that's close enough for a non-techie like me. ;^}

RC
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San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)