Vista x86 reinstall fails at last second w/BSOD

[Peter]

I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate x86 from the main XP partition to an
already formatted blank partition on my 2nd HDD. (Legally purchased/licence
is genuine). I hate to admit that I have, for various reasons, done this
several times in the past with no problem whatsoever. Now installation
proceeds to the very last stage, all items are ticked green and the progress
bar is almost finished when suddenly there is a split second BSOD, and the
system reboots and rolls back.
I've tried this 5 times - same result.
I've tried attaching the setupapi.dev.log.txt and setupapi.app.log.txt which
are
meaningless to me, I'm afraid. But OE says they are too large.
Has anyone any thoughts on this? Any recent update for Vista that would
cause this? (Thinking of when it fetches updates at the start).
Searching online has shown similar occurrences but with x64 Vista.



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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

 

[Peter]

Found the answer online...it's Microsoft's fault. Vista is loading an old
driver for ATI x1600 cards that was actually the subject of a world-wide
patch by ATI/AMD and it sends Vista installer into a loop where it cannot
install drivers at all.
I put my old card in (Radeon 9550) and it worked faultlessly. Have since
replaced it with my new video card and everything is fine.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio