Personally I've only seen it with nVidia nForce 4 chipsets, but there have
been several posts in the newsgroups reporting the problem. I haven't
tracked which chipsets were in use.
There's no stop error. The machine just doesn't complete its first boot - at
least not before patience runs out. Shut it down and remove 2GB and the boot
completes OK. Once the chipset drivers are updated - or perhaps it's the fix
in 929777 from Windows Update, 4GB works fine.
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "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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