It's a DVD drive reboot clean install. i'll disconnect all the drives except
the one Sata, but my memory stick is at work so I don't have it here. I do
have an external SATA drive I can hook up or leave one extra SATA drive in
that has the drivers, but that's all I can do now. You'd think Vista would
have the necessary drivers for a SATA drive I just bought, for Pete's sake!
This OS has been around for 10 months - you'd think they'd have stuff like
that sorted out by now. I already have disconnected everything but the
keyboard and mouse with no luck and updated the BIOS, so that didn't help.
--
El Jeffe
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
Quote:
> Jeff, what I meant was whether it was a DVD Drive reboot clean install or what!
>
> I gather it is a clean install; you still don't say that!!!!!!
>
> Leave both sticks of RAM in.
>
> If clean install disconnect all peripherals(you can install them
> later
rinters, cameras, external hard drives etc.)
>
> And I would disconnect all hard drives except the one you want to install
> Vista on.
>
> Also. get a copy of the SATA Drivers on memory stick to install during
> vista installation. Others here have also mentioned hitting F6 to install
> them.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> "JEFF" wrote:
> Quote:
> > 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?
> > --
> > El Jeffe
> >
> >
> > "Mick Murphy" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > HOW are you trying to install it?
> > >
> > > "JEFF" wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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