Tim,
I have the newest drivers installed for the 6600 GeForce. I have all the
most recent updates for everything in the system. The chipset is nForce2.
ASUS has not released a BIOS update for the Mobo. Sadly, I doubt they will,
yet the Upgrade Advisor has given me no hickups and claims I allllll set to
proceed with Microsoft suicide.
I have spent a few hours talking to tech support in India and Canada. They
have been extremely helpful in reminding me how to open and close my DVD-ROM,
to check the disk is in the drive, and that I need to use my mouse to click
on upgrade. They also adamantly reminded me I purchased and upgrade and I
would not be able to do a clean install. I thank them for the leap forward
in progress they provided.
Tim, all good ideas. Unfortunately, as my subject line reads, nothing is
working.
Anyone got any crazy thoughts?
"Tim Bostonia" wrote:
> i would check with your MOBO maker to see if there's a bios upgrade and/or
> chipset update (.inf files)... Vista installed for me but it took the MOBO
> and inf updates to get it stable...
>
> Vista's a stinker when it comes to reconizing devices... specially USB and
> Bluetooth... the older NVidia card may be a problem too... I don't believe
> Vista's supported on cards below the 6000 series, and again, that could be a
> .inf problem... are you using the latest XP drivers for the PNY card ? I
> would install those first... Vista should install "native" drivers for the
> PNY card, but NVidia also has a WHQL certified driver for Vista...
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp... they're not the
> greatest but they work...
>
> Hope that helps some... t
>
>
>
>
> "Jason Sansone" <JasonSansone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0AD9714D-B02C-4DA0-9B3F-61EBF56E99A4@microsoft.com...
> > "Well, that certainly sucks."
> > Yes it does....
> >
> >
> > "..All caching, including L2, BIOS, internal/external, and write-back
> > caching
> >> on disk controllers
> >> ..All shadowing
> >> ..Plug and Play
> >> ..Any BIOS-based virus protection feature"
> >
> > Most have been done, will do the rest.
> >
> >
> > "Other things to try: BIOS update?"
> > Done.
> >
> > "Borrow another DVD ROM?"
> > I will try to find alternative media. Have attempted on two diffrent
> > ODD's.
> >
> > "Can one "upgrade" from perhaps the RC1 or RC2 then upgrade to Ultimate?"
> > Good question, don't know. I have XP Pro SP2 running, and I havent tested
> > Vista until now since it was Longhorn. That was a disaster and I chose
> > not
> > to use RC1 or RC2 from that experince.
> >
> > "Have you tried to install the OS on the other HD you mentioned?"
> > Not yet as it is my back up of all media. I will attempt to flip flop
> > everything as to test the IDE drive.
> >
> > "I would definately consider taking RAID completely out of the picture."
> > There is only one SATA drive on the two controllers, so I do not have an
> > array. The controller is RAID capable, but I am not using RAID.
> >
> >
> > "I hope you'll post your final resolution here."
> > Assuming I can find a solution, I will definately share all feedback.
> >
> >
> > Thanks guys!
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > "Jim Fisher" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Jason Sansone" <JasonSansone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news
8FC3DB8-4DF4-4305-99DD-A7F15B29CD6A@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've tried it w/ a BFG Nvidia 5500 PCI. Exact same results.
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, that certainly sucks.
> >>
> >> I saw in another post for some suggested the following BIOS adjustments:
> >>
> >> "Turn off the following features in the CMOS settings of your computer.
> >> See the hardware documentation or manufacturer for instructions.
> >>
> >> ..All caching, including L2, BIOS, internal/external, and write-back
> >> caching
> >> on disk controllers
> >> ..All shadowing
> >> ..Plug and Play
> >> ..Any BIOS-based virus protection feature"
> >>
> >> Other things to try: BIOS update? Borrow another DVD ROM? Perhaps a bad
> >> DVD disc?Can one "upgrade" from perhaps the RC1 or RC2 then upgrade to
> >> Ultimate?
> >>
> >> Have you tried to install the OS on the other HD you mentioned?
> >>
> >> I would definately consider taking RAID completely out of the picture.
> >> Mobo
> >> RAID rarely actually works when you need it the most, anyway. I own a
> >> computer service company and mobo-based RAID has helped perhaps once in
> >> the
> >> 5 years since it has become popular. My experience is that unless you
> >> have
> >> a bad-ass seperate RAID controller (with it's own processor, RAM, etc),
> >> you
> >> are simply better off imaging for backups.
> >>
> >> I hope you'll post your final resolution here.
> >>
> >> Luck!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>