Mick, I am using my Plextor PX7555A DVD writer to install it via the Vista
DVD. What is interesting is that it totally shuts off my system each time. No
crash, no message, just - boom - system is off. I have an Adaptec 29160 SCSI
card that hosts an additional hard drive that I am not using for the install
- it is my data drive. So far, I've tried installing it onto both of my SATA
drives with the same result. I also tried using my Plextor PX-716A DVD writer
as the drive for the Vista DVD and it also crashed that way. I'm going to
remove the SCSI card next and see if that helps, as well as one of the sticks
of RAM per the next suggestion in the string. I've tried changing RAM timing
in my BIOS to manual using the Corsair specs and back again to auto, with
slightly different results - it takes a little more or a little less time to
crash depending on what the RAM settings are. I've got a BIOS that is one of
the later releases, but haven't updated it in a couple of months, so I'll try
that, too. Any other ideas?
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El Jeffe
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
Quote:
> HOW are you trying to install it?
>
> "JEFF" wrote:
> Quote:
> > I have an MSI K9N SLI PLATINUM MB, MSI NX7300 LE (NVIDIA GEOFORCE 7300LE)
> > VIDEO CARD, ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL CORE 6000+ processor with 2 GB CORSAIR
> > TWINX2048-6400 C4 RAM. I am unable to install Vista. When it is in the
> > "expanding" mode of installation, after about 30 sec, it simply turns off my
> > PC. I have tried 5X and get the same result. Can anybody make a suggestion?
> > --
> > El Jeffe