I'll have to take your word for this as I've never seen it. What chipset are
you using? A quick Google search doesn't get any hits regarding this
problem. I'm aware of this problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777/en-us
but the stop error isn't the same.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
news:283CA5B1-3F7A-4549-A5CF-C80F3FFE4BA9@microsoft.com...
> It's not bad RAM - it's bad Vista.
>
> Vista RTM often won't install with 4GB. Remove 2GB, install and update the
> chipset drivers and you can put the extra 2GB back. I've seen this several
> times on different motherboards.
>
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> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> news:Ohbcq%23D2HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Socrates" <Socrates@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A7FDF127-AA0C-4260-8F99-F67FFEC60470@microsoft.com...
>>> 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...
>>>
>>
>>
>> OMG you've found a major bug. Vista x64 won't work with more than 2 GB of
>> RAM :-)
>>
>> Have you tested the RAM? It sounds like you may have some bad RAM.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
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