Chipset is NVidia nForce 590 (Dell Dimension XPS 700)
After removing 2gb of memory, the first phase of setup now completes, but am
stuck stuck again as the machine cannot restart from the hd (Getting a black
screen just after the OS choices menu - no flickering cursors or anything).
The previous OS does not start anymore either, so the problem is in the
bootsector, ntldr or ntdetect.com me thinks. Running repair off the install
DVD does not fix the issue, so I'm stuck again. Am really not enjoying this
experience!
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
> Thanks, I've got an nForce 4 motherboard with 4 GB I'm using as a testbed
> for another OS. When I get a chance I'll try to install Vista on it and see
> what happens.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:726A9A86-C792-4787-A350-C85F6DB65B28@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> > news:%23a$okWF2HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> 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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