Problem setting up XP-64 on ASUS M2N-E and X1800XT

[josephmouhanna]

System Configuration:

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-E (NVIDIA nForce® 570 UltraT MCP)
Motherboard BIOS: 0304 (Aug 18, 2006)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939
Dual Core
RAM: OCz 2x1GB PC6400 (800 MHz) DDR2
Video Card: Sapphire X1800XT 256MB
Hard Disks: 2x250GB Seagate SATA-II in Raid 0 Configuration
CD/DVD writer (Samsung) attached to IDE connector
Floppy Drive connected to FDD connector
6-in-1 drive connected to internal USB1 connector

The only modifications to BIOS default settings were setting date/time, RAID
for SATA-1 and SATA-2 connectors, enabling the system, CPU, and PowerSupply
fans,and changing boot priority to Floppy, CD, then Hard Drive.

I downloaded the 64 bit RAID driver from the ASUS web site to a floppy,
booted from the Windows XP-64 CD, and started XP-64 setup. I pressed F6, and
was prompted for a floppy, I inserted the floppy and specified the two
required drivers to enable RAID. XP continued the setup process, stopping
every once in a while to complain about not being able to read some file off
the CD, asking me to hit return to retry, and everytime I did, it continued
copying, and when all the files were copied, I was asked to re-insert the
floppy with the RAID driver, I did, and after the file was copy, there was
some XP setup activity, and then a blue screen. I re-attempted setup, and
the blue screen returned.

Any ideas?

--thx, Joseph

 

[Og]

Here is an idea: Try posting to a 64-bit newsgroup.
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
Steve

 

[Rock]

System Configuration:

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-E (NVIDIA nForce® 570 UltraT MCP)
Motherboard BIOS: 0304 (Aug 18, 2006)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket
939 Dual Core
RAM: OCz 2x1GB PC6400 (800 MHz) DDR2
Video Card: Sapphire X1800XT 256MB
Hard Disks: 2x250GB Seagate SATA-II in Raid 0 Configuration
CD/DVD writer (Samsung) attached to IDE connector
Floppy Drive connected to FDD connector
6-in-1 drive connected to internal USB1 connector

The only modifications to BIOS default settings were setting date/time,
RAID for SATA-1 and SATA-2 connectors, enabling the system, CPU, and
PowerSupply fans,and changing boot priority to Floppy, CD, then Hard
Drive.

I downloaded the 64 bit RAID driver from the ASUS web site to a floppy,
booted from the Windows XP-64 CD, and started XP-64 setup. I pressed F6,
and was prompted for a floppy, I inserted the floppy and specified the two
required drivers to enable RAID. XP continued the setup process, stopping
every once in a while to complain about not being able to read some file
off the CD, asking me to hit return to retry, and everytime I did, it
continued copying, and when all the files were copied, I was asked to
re-insert the floppy with the RAID driver, I did, and after the file was
copy, there was some XP setup activity, and then a blue screen. I
re-attempted setup, and the blue screen returned.

Any ideas?

--thx, Joseph

x64 questions should be posted to one the x64 newsgroup. Try this one:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general