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RC1 install stability problems
hi
just tried to install RC1 and i experienced the same random crashes as i did when installing Beta2, which only installed properly after about 10 attempts. i have no stability problems with XP on the same system. with RC1 my install usually crashes in the expanding files stage, sometimes even before the first reboot, while i'm in XP doing a clean install onto a new partition. also tried to upgrade the Beta2 installation but it also crashed during the upgrade, and then the rollback also crashed! my system is a Shuttle ST61G4, SATA drive, using the SI3512 controller. P4 3.0 Ghz, 1 Gb DDR, ATI X1600 Pro. my motherboard is ATI-based but i don't suppose the new RC1 ati catalyst drivers are any use before the setup? has anyone got suggestions to improve the stability of the setup? it seems very hit and miss because it crashes at a different stage each time, although it never reached 'expanding files'. after the crash, it always forces a rollback. thanks tim |
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RC1 install stability problems
Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller?
Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
hi B,
thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
I had same problems in 5536 and had to install a fresh XP install and upgrade
from there. MAybe better for you to do the same, its a hassle n but it works. Using RC1 i could do a install to a bare drive. "Tim_Mac" wrote: hi B, thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
hi,
thanks a lot for the suggestion, i hadn't thought of that. i'm a little skeptical thought because i tried to upgrade Beta2 to RC1 and it froze during setup after the first re-boot. is there any reason why an upgrade from XP would be any more likely to succeed? i had been running Beta2 quite happily for 2 months without any driver trouble once i got past the beta2 setup. thanks tim "Pipsqueek" wrote in message ... I had same problems in 5536 and had to install a fresh XP install and upgrade from there. MAybe better for you to do the same, its a hassle n but it works. Using RC1 i could do a install to a bare drive. "Tim_Mac" wrote: hi B, thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
i got it working. boot + install from DVD worked fine with the same SATA
driver as i used in Beta2. nice! thanks for the help. tim "Tim_Mac" wrote in message ... hi, thanks a lot for the suggestion, i hadn't thought of that. i'm a little skeptical thought because i tried to upgrade Beta2 to RC1 and it froze during setup after the first re-boot. is there any reason why an upgrade from XP would be any more likely to succeed? i had been running Beta2 quite happily for 2 months without any driver trouble once i got past the beta2 setup. thanks tim "Pipsqueek" wrote in message ... I had same problems in 5536 and had to install a fresh XP install and upgrade from there. MAybe better for you to do the same, its a hassle n but it works. Using RC1 i could do a install to a bare drive. "Tim_Mac" wrote: hi B, thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
And how did you get it working?
Lang DIV"Tim Mackey" > wrote in message .../DIVi got it working. boot + install from DVD worked fine with the same SATA driver as i used in Beta2. nice! thanks for the help. tim "Tim_Mac" wrote in message ... hi, thanks a lot for the suggestion, i hadn't thought of that. i'm a little skeptical thought because i tried to upgrade Beta2 to RC1 and it froze during setup after the first re-boot. is there any reason why an upgrade from XP would be any more likely to succeed? i had been running Beta2 quite happily for 2 months without any driver trouble once i got past the beta2 setup. thanks tim "Pipsqueek" wrote in message ... I had same problems in 5536 and had to install a fresh XP install and upgrade from there. MAybe better for you to do the same, its a hassle n but it works. Using RC1 i could do a install to a bare drive. "Tim_Mac" wrote: hi B, thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |
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RC1 install stability problems
hi, sorry i wasn't more clear!
with my previous attempts, i had downloaded and extracted the ISO image onto my hard drive and was trying to do a clean Vista install onto a second partition, while booted into my primary XP partition. i also tried upgrading from Beta2 but that didn't work, it froze some time into the install after the first reboot. what solved it was burning the ISO to a DVD and booting directly from that, then choosing the secondary partition, Load Driver, and off we go. i still had to disable the USB controller in the BIOS to prevent random freezes during the install, but i found that out with Beta2 so i was expecting that. now that i have it up and running, i have re-enabled the USB Controller and it's all working nicely, except i still have no glass with my ATI X1600 Pro card, device reports code 43 thanks tim "Lang Murphy" wrote in message ... And how did you get it working? Lang DIV"Tim Mackey" > wrote in message .../DIVi got it working. boot + install from DVD worked fine with the same SATA driver as i used in Beta2. nice! thanks for the help. tim "Tim_Mac" wrote in message ... hi, thanks a lot for the suggestion, i hadn't thought of that. i'm a little skeptical thought because i tried to upgrade Beta2 to RC1 and it froze during setup after the first re-boot. is there any reason why an upgrade from XP would be any more likely to succeed? i had been running Beta2 quite happily for 2 months without any driver trouble once i got past the beta2 setup. thanks tim "Pipsqueek" wrote in message ... I had same problems in 5536 and had to install a fresh XP install and upgrade from there. MAybe better for you to do the same, its a hassle n but it works. Using RC1 i could do a install to a bare drive. "Tim_Mac" wrote: hi B, thanks for the post. the drivers i'm using are identifed by Vista Setup as compatible in the 'Load Drivers' stage, they are from the Silicon Image web site, although SI do not have Vista specific drivers available, neither to shuttle (mainboard). it got to 90% expanding files today in another attempt, and then froze (i left it for 6 hours just to be sure). is there a way to resume the install without going into a rollback? or better still, i would prefer to expand all the files while still in XP but this doesn't seem to be an option, i looked in the command line switches for setup. i am installing from hard disk. i may end up getting an IDE drive and installing it there, but that would be admitting defeat so i'm still hoping for another route. thanks again tim "B Barley" wrote in message ... Do you have the correct drivers installed for the SATA controller? Actually don't bother with the ati catalyst drivers. The ones posted on ATI's website are actually older then what is shipped with the Vista builds. "Tim_Mac" wrote: p.s. i meant to say it never reached the 'installing features' stage... |