Problem installing Vista upgrade

[Jeff Eilders]

I am getting the following stop error:

Stop 0x000000f4 (0x00000003, 0x8442ad90, 0x8442aedc, 0x81240330)



I am upgrading from a XP PRO box to Vista Business



It is a Tecra a9 with 2 mg of RAM



Anyone know what is causing this error message?



Thanks

 

[Ron O'Brien]

I am getting the following stop error:

Stop 0x000000f4 (0x00000003, 0x8442ad90, 0x8442aedc, 0x81240330)
I am upgrading from a XP PRO box to Vista Business
It is a Tecra a9 with 2 mg of RAM
Anyone know what is causing this error message?

I had a problem on an XP PC when - I think - I was installing SP2. I know
the error was: Stop 0x000000f4 (0x00000003, but can't recall the mem
locations beyond that.
It was a RAM memory mis-match fault in my case. I had installed 1gig
(2x512mb) of mis-matched RAM in that one was PC2700 and the other PC2100 -
it worked OK with XP SP1, but the SP2 didn't like it.

Don't know if you have a similar problem / setup but if you can get your
hands on some new RAM it might be worth trying.

Ron

 

[Jeff Eilders]

I am using the original RAM that came in the laptop. The laptop is only 5
months old.

 

[David B.]

You should be posting in one of the Vista groups as it is Vista you are
having issues with.

 

[harikeo]

You should be posting in one of the Vista groups as it is Vista you are
having issues with.

It was posted to a Vista group and given the problem the OP was probably
correct to post to the XP group too imo.

 

[Jeff Eilders]

Didn't know exactly where to post it too. It could be an XP problem or a
Vista problem I won't know that until I get a little help. Are you going to
go to the Vista group and answer the question?

 

[DL]

You might check your Laptop manfactures site for Bios & chipset updates

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Since the laptop is only 5 months old, be sure to give the mfg's support
folks a shot at diagnosing it. Just because memory works with XP does not
mean it will always work with Vista. Vista is less tolerant of hardware
issues than XP. Also, I take it you are installing with a retail Vista
upgrade edition. If so, I believe that you are entitled to installation
support from MS. The phone numbers should be in the retail box. At a guess
I would say there may be a BIOS update on the mfg's website you need.