I think your board uses the nForce2 chipset. Driver development for this
chipset (and the nForce3) has stopped.
You could have run into a problem with the chipset drivers which will never
be fixed.
"Chris Swinney" <ChrisSwinney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CF8D0D27-EB72-4326-B8C0-4748F2EA4A34@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Downloaded and installed the update, but still no good.
>
> I rebooted several time but alwyas saw stop errors, however I see several
> different Stop errors including the 0x0a one mentioned. All happen at the
> same point.
>
> These inlcuded 0x7e, 0xC5 and one other that I can't remember.
>
> Chris
>
>
> "Chris Swinney" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hi Dominic,
>>
>> I am just about to check out the article but for what it's worth, Vista
>> has
>> already been installed on this system with 1GB or memory. However, it
>> will
>> not boot from the HDD (or DVD for that mater, which I'm sure will be
>> covered
>> by the article) with more than 2GB of memory installed.
>>
>> Still, shall report back if I find any useful info.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> "Dominic Payer" wrote:
>> Quote:
>> > Is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777 relevant? If so, reduce the
>> > RAM to
>> > 2GB and complete the install.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Chris Swinney" <ChrisSwinney@xxxxxx> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:84744106-6938-4C31-A751-15D619A97936@xxxxxx
>> > > Hi all,
>> > >
>> > > I have an issue with an upgraded system using a DFI NF Ultra 11
>> > > motherboard
>> > > and 3GB of RAM. Vista simply will not boot, either from the default
>> > > installation or from the CD. If I allow Vista to boot normally (or
>> > > via the
>> > > CD) it will only get to the initial black screen with the time line
>> > > bar at
>> > > the bottom, yet the bar will never show and the machine will just
>> > > hang. If
>> > > I
>> > > boot the default installation in safe mode I get different BSOD stop
>> > > messages
>> > > such as 0x1000000a.
>> > >
>> > > My first instinct was that the memory was faulty, however, I ran
>> > > Windows
>> > > memory diagnostic and Memtest86+ with no issue. I then booted into
>> > > Windows
>> > > XP
>> > > (on another partition) which registered the 3GB of memory and ran
>> > > Prime95
>> > > also with no issue.
>> > >
>> > > Anyone have any further thoughts or ideas of how I might further test
>> > > the
>> > > memory full in XP.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks
>> > >
>> > > Chris
>> > >
>> >