Hello,

I downloaded and tried to install vista pre-rc1 (5536) today.
i insert vista dvd while running win xp and started setup (new install
on clean partition, no upgrade).
after a few minutes i was prompt to restart. so i restarted.
the new vista boot menu was shown, and i selected "Windows Setup".
then after a few seconds with a black screen, my screen was painted
green and white (fading). no error, no message, no cursor,.. nothing!
only a painted screen! after 5 minutes of waiting in front of a white
screen, i restarted my system and select "Windows Setup" again. the same
problem.

i tried to reinstall but without success. i also tried to boot from
vista setup dvd, but also without success.

i've heard that this problem is called "out of box experience".

system:
- notebook acer travelmate 8101
- ati x700

i had issues with my travelmate in earlier builds... maybe the problem int
solved (my battery still is not there)

i couldnt install beta 1 for example (bluescreen)
"DHarray" wrote in message
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Hello,

I downloaded and tried to install vista pre-rc1 (5536) today.
i insert vista dvd while running win xp and started setup (new install on
clean partition, no upgrade).
after a few minutes i was prompt to restart. so i restarted.
the new vista boot menu was shown, and i selected "Windows Setup".
then after a few seconds with a black screen, my screen was painted green
and white (fading). no error, no message, no cursor,.. nothing! only a
painted screen! after 5 minutes of waiting in front of a white screen, i
restarted my system and select "Windows Setup" again. the same problem.

i tried to reinstall but without success. i also tried to boot from vista
setup dvd, but also without success.

i've heard that this problem is called "out of box experience".

system:
- notebook acer travelmate 8101
- ati x700

Marco Kühnel wrote:
i had issues with my travelmate in earlier builds... maybe the problem
int solved (my battery still is not there)

i couldnt install beta 1 for example (bluescreen)
"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I downloaded and tried to install vista pre-rc1 (5536) today.
i insert vista dvd while running win xp and started setup (new install
on clean partition, no upgrade).
after a few minutes i was prompt to restart. so i restarted.
the new vista boot menu was shown, and i selected "Windows Setup".
then after a few seconds with a black screen, my screen was painted
green and white (fading). no error, no message, no cursor,.. nothing!
only a painted screen! after 5 minutes of waiting in front of a white
screen, i restarted my system and select "Windows Setup" again. the
same problem.

i tried to reinstall but without success. i also tried to boot from
vista setup dvd, but also without success.

i've heard that this problem is called "out of box experience".

system:
- notebook acer travelmate 8101
- ati x700


do you have this issues only with vista? i have this sometimes with xp
prof and the old vista beta 2.
after retry installing it works sometimes, but pre-rc1 won't.

my battery worked fine on vista beta 2.

"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Marco Kühnel wrote:
i had issues with my travelmate in earlier builds... maybe the problem
int solved (my battery still is not there)

i couldnt install beta 1 for example (bluescreen)
"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Hello,

do you have this issues only with vista? i have this sometimes with xp
prof and the old vista beta 2.
after retry installing it works sometimes, but pre-rc1 won't.

my battery worked fine on vista beta 2.

vista only
xp is somewhat a bit unresponsive (loses from time to time chars i type..
i think acer messed their laptops up a bit... and my battery still isnt
recognized B)

Marco Kühnel wrote:

"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Marco Kühnel wrote:
i had issues with my travelmate in earlier builds... maybe the
problem int solved (my battery still is not there)

i couldnt install beta 1 for example (bluescreen)
"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Hello,

do you have this issues only with vista? i have this sometimes with xp
prof and the old vista beta 2.
after retry installing it works sometimes, but pre-rc1 won't.

my battery worked fine on vista beta 2.

vista only
xp is somewhat a bit unresponsive (loses from time to time chars i
type..
i think acer messed their laptops up a bit... and my battery still isnt
recognized B)

ok. i think it's more a hardware problem than a software problem.

but how can i install vista now?!

Known issue! Its been happening for a few builds now. Yes most likly its a
hardware issue or bad memory.

Also do you have raid? If so disconnect it. Also any usb drives? Disconnect
them priror to installing vista.

Try to install with a minimum hardware profile.

--

Take Care,

Will


"DHarray" wrote in message
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Marco Kühnel wrote:

"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Marco Kühnel wrote:
i had issues with my travelmate in earlier builds... maybe the problem
int solved (my battery still is not there)

i couldnt install beta 1 for example (bluescreen)
"DHarray" wrote in message
...
Hello,

do you have this issues only with vista? i have this sometimes with xp
prof and the old vista beta 2.
after retry installing it works sometimes, but pre-rc1 won't.

my battery worked fine on vista beta 2.

vista only
xp is somewhat a bit unresponsive (loses from time to time chars i type..

i think acer messed their laptops up a bit... and my battery still isnt
recognized B)

ok. i think it's more a hardware problem than a software problem.

but how can i install vista now?!

Will wrote:
Known issue! Its been happening for a few builds now. Yes most likly its
a hardware issue or bad memory.

Also do you have raid? If so disconnect it. Also any usb drives?
Disconnect them priror to installing vista.

Try to install with a minimum hardware profile.


yes, all are plugged in.
i rebooted several times to install the pre-rc1 before i know to
diconnect the usb drives, then it works. i'll try to disconnect them
before installing the next build. thanks.