Probs with Vista RC1 working on ABIT AV8 mobo? - HELP!!!!

[Guest]

I've got the MS Vista RC1 DVD set and have installed (32 bit ) fine on my
ABIT AN7 system - and also on my hard drives from the ABIT AV8 system in the
AN7 machine - if you know what I mean...

BUT for the life of me I can not get Vista 32 or 64 to install on my AV8
machine - using same DVD Rom device and hard drives and software DVD that
worked on the AN7 machine

Specs of the 2 machines are below...

Any ideas would be much appreciated... The AV8 machine has only recently
been set up - are the possibly any drivers that I may have overlooked
installing that might make a difference.

The installation pretty much always goes the same on the AV8 machine - a bit
slow loading compared to the AN7 but gets through to 'Expanding files' and
nearly always stops at 8% - a couple of times I got excited when we hit 11%
and once 14% - but it didn't go any further

I now have the multiboot setup basically loaded on my AN8 machine by loading
software using the AN7 machine...

I initially boot into the Vista style multi boot option:

Older windows
Windows Vista
Win98SE

If I choose Older Windows - I get the original XP multi boot option of XP or
Win98
If I choose Windows Vista - I get a momentary (just a flicker on screen)
BSOD and a restart...

If I choose Win98SE it hangs...

Seems my wheeling and dealing has not got me very much closer...

Thanks

Graphite
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-ABIT- AN7 v1.0 MoBo|Athlon XP2400+|OC'd at 2250MHz (15x150)|Maxtor 200GB
6L200M0 SATA|Crucial 3200 Memory 2x512MB|Sparkle FX5700LE 128 MB or MSI
GeForce FX 5200 128 MB Personal Cinema|LG GCC-4320B DVD/CDRW|Arctic Cooler
-Copper Silent 2L|CWT 400W PSU|4x USB 2.0 card|Black Tower Case w Blue info
screen OS - Dual boot WinXP and Vista RC1 (32)
-ABIT- AV8 v1.0 3rd Eye 'Rocket Boy' MoBo |Athlon 64 X2 4200+ |Seagate
20GB & Maxtor 80GB IDE|Corsair TWINXMS 3200XL Pro Memory 2x512MB
2,2,2,5|Gainward FX5900XT Ultra 128 MB (450/850)|Phillips CDRW 5200|AMD Std
Cooler|Antec True Blue 480W PSU|Boring beige Tower Case OS - Dual boot WinXP
and Win98SE - trying to get Vista RC1 to work

 

[Robert R. Johnson Jr]

If you happen to have access to RC2 this is what I would try next.

regards
Robert

 

[Ben Salisbury]

With the flicker and then BSOD,

I'd try swapping out the video card. You know the one in the AV7 machine
worked so try it.
and are you trying to install it on the 20gig or 80gig on the AV8? and what
else is on the same drive?

-Ben

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your feedback Ben - I think the video card is sound (FX5900XT
Ultra) - but maybe worth a try...

My system is dual boot win98 and Win XP Pro, I am trying to make it
multiboot with Win98SE, XP Pro and Vista. My 20GB drive is Master and has
Win98SE on it, the 80GB slave drive is partitioned into 3, the first is ~
40GB with WinXP SP2, the second is ~ 20GB where I have previously installed
Vista whilst in the AN7 machine, the third is also ~ 20GB where I intended to
install Vista 64 Bit - but am using it for test installs when I make changes
to the machine setup and feel it is worth trying vista 32 bit again

Thanks

Graphite

 

[Guest]

OK - have tried swapping Graphics card - no change at all, tried also upping
voltage to RAM, Corsair say 2.75v & default was 2.65... No change

G

 

[Ben Salisbury]

The only other 3 things I can suggest you try,
1) Disable the guru clock on the AV8
2) Disable the onboard LAN
3) I don't think this one would do anything, but disable the onboard sound.

-Ben

 

[Guest]

I disabled all the stuff I could find that I thought would not be relevant...
Couldn't find an option to disable Guru clock??? - i disconnected it
anyway... But still no Joy

G

 

[Guest]

Ho hum - problem solved! IDE cable was to blame - obviously not working 100%!!!

Thanks for your input guys...

Cheers

G