Socrates

It's memory - have discovered that Vista x64 cannot install if you have more
than 2gb of memory! Is that one of the primary reasons for using a 64-bit OS
in the first place? Makes one wonder about the level of testing perfomed
prior to RTM...

Have not found a KB article yet that describes my exact problem (closest one
lists a different stop error). Perhaps Microsoft would like to document this
issue properly, as well as a supply a workaround that does not involve
removing memory?



"Socrates" wrote:

> Bought Vista Ultimate X64 edition, but am unable to install it as setup is
> crashing. When booting from the setup DVD, I get a stop 7E error just after
> the Microsoft progress bar appears during startup.
>
> Have tried all the options under the F8 Safe Mode menu - all crash in the
> same place. The last driver to load appears to be disk.sys
>
> The machine is currently running WinXP x86 fine.
>
> Full specs are:
> ==========
> Dell Dimension XPS 700
> 4gb memory
> 500gb disk (NVidia RAID mirror)
> Intel Core2Duo 2.4ghz
> BIOS version 1.41 (the latest available)
> NVidia GEForce 7900 GS X2 (in SLI configuration)
> Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx NIC
> NVidia nForce 590 chipset
>
> PS: Very annonymingly, I'm unable to log a support call about this as the
> Microsoft Support page does not recognise my PID (yes, it's genuine, I bought
> it from Amazon.com)
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