I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The
system is purring. I’ve been reading good things about Vista Ultimate
64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a
copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during
installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before
the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less
than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... won’t
let me install. BSOD.

What do I do now? I’ve installed many OS over the years and never ran
into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24” LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit


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jack56

Hi,

Assuming you are using all 4 memory slots, uninstall the two secondary
sticks during setup. You can reinstall them once it is complete. Having all
4 slots filled can cause timing errors in some systems that prevents
installation from completing. It doesn't mean the memory is bad.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"jack56" wrote in message
...

I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The
system is purring. I've been reading good things about Vista Ultimate
64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a
copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during
installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before
the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less
than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... won't
let me install. BSOD.

What do I do now? I've installed many OS over the years and never ran
into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24" LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit


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jack56

Some help or advice please?


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jack56

Rick

Too many of these leach posts are showing up here on the MS servers. You need to check the post Properties and if it is from Usenet.gateway then it is a leach and your post (reply) will not be seen by the OP . Useless to give an answer

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Rick Rogers" wrote in message ...
Hi,

Assuming you are using all 4 memory slots, uninstall the two secondary
sticks during setup. You can reinstall them once it is complete. Having all
4 slots filled can cause timing errors in some systems that prevents
installation from completing. It doesn't mean the memory is bad.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"jack56" wrote in message
...

I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The
system is purring. I've been reading good things about Vista Ultimate
64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a
copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during
installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before
the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less
than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... won't
let me install. BSOD.

What do I do now? I've installed many OS over the years and never ran
into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24" LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit


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jack56

Oh, I know, Peter. Been going on for some time now, too bad those forums
don't post a disclaimer on the source of their responses. I don't bother
checking post properties, too time consuming, I just answer if I can. They
may or may not see it, but I figure others searching groups at a later date
might so the information may still be useful.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Rick

Too many of these leach posts are showing up here on the MS servers. You
need to check the post Properties and if it is from Usenet.gateway then it
is a leach and your post (reply) will not be seen by the OP . Useless to
give an answer

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Rick Rogers" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Assuming you are using all 4 memory slots, uninstall the two secondary
sticks during setup. You can reinstall them once it is complete. Having
all
4 slots filled can cause timing errors in some systems that prevents
installation from completing. It doesn't mean the memory is bad.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"jack56" wrote in message
...

I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The
system is purring. I've been reading good things about Vista Ultimate
64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a
copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during
installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before
the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less
than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... won't
let me install. BSOD.

What do I do now? I've installed many OS over the years and never ran
into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24" LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit


--
jack56

Thanks for all the great help!


--
jack56

See what happens when you are going into the boot that crashes, use F8 and
boot into safe mode.
You could also try adding your video driver during the install portion at
the load drivers and select where to install. Get the latest driver for
your card.
Let me know what the results are.

"jack56" wrote in message
...

I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The
system is purring. I've been reading good things about Vista Ultimate
64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a
copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during
installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before
the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less
than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... won't
let me install. BSOD.

What do I do now? I've installed many OS over the years and never ran
into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24" LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit


--
jack56

Thanks John for trying to help me... however I got it to work... sort
of:

The fix? (that I didn't see anywhere here) I went into BIOS and
selected "*Load Optimized Defaults*" and "*Bingo*" it worked fine.
Anybody hear of this one before?

I got the latest driver for the 2 9800gt's I'm running and they work
fine, everything was smooth, untill I put in the second 2GB memory
card... then I got the BSOD again... removed the stick, and Vista works
fine. So I have some kind of memory problem?


--
jack56

Probably. Swap the sticks of memory to see if that one stick will work. If
it does, you probably have a BIOS change to make. If you are installing
Vista pre SP1 which needs a hotfix for 4 gig of RAM. If so, using one
stick, install SP1, then reinstall your other one.

"jack56" wrote in message
...

Thanks John for trying to help me... however I got it to work... sort
of:

The fix? (that I didn't see anywhere here) I went into BIOS and
selected "*Load Optimized Defaults*" and "*Bingo*" it worked fine.
Anybody hear of this one before?

I got the latest driver for the 2 9800gt's I'm running and they work
fine, everything was smooth, untill I put in the second 2GB memory
card... then I got the BSOD again... removed the stick, and Vista works
fine. So I have some kind of memory problem?


--
jack56

Also while you have it running, turn off Automatically Restart in System
Properties/Advanced/Startup...

"jack56" wrote in message
...

Thanks John for trying to help me... however I got it to work... sort
of:

The fix? (that I didn't see anywhere here) I went into BIOS and
selected "*Load Optimized Defaults*" and "*Bingo*" it worked fine.
Anybody hear of this one before?

I got the latest driver for the 2 9800gt's I'm running and they work
fine, everything was smooth, untill I put in the second 2GB memory
card... then I got the BSOD again... removed the stick, and Vista works
fine. So I have some kind of memory problem?


--
jack56