On 23 Feb, 20:08, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 23 Feb, 18:10, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I've just built a new computer with 64bit Vista Home Premium. The
> > installation goes through its bits and then reboots itself (as it's
> > supposed to). When it comes back it does the 'completing
> > installation' stage, but during this it gives me a BSOD and I can't
> > get any further with the install. It reboots itself very quickly so
> > it's hard to read the message.
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> > Any ideas what happens in the 'completing installation' stage? Does
> > it have a look at the hardware? Or does anybody know how to fix it?
> > I haven't got any unusual hardware (apart from a USB memory card
> > reader) in there so I wouldn't expect driver problems.
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> > At the moment I've spent £hundreds for a machine that does nothing :
> > (. Windows XP isn't really an option either because Vista was the
> > whole reason for buying the computer.
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> > My hardware is:
> > Asus 380W PSU
> > ASUS M2A-VM HDMI Motherboard (inc sound + video)
> > AMD BE-2350 Processor (dual core - 64 bit)
> > Corsair XMS2 800MHz DDR2 2Gb
> > LG PATA DVD writer
> > Western Digital SATA 160Gb 7200rpm HD
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> > Did you install the chipset drivers?
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> > Look at the post from yesterday as that was covered
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> > see: "desperate"
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> I've got further now, and installed it. *I tried, but I couldn't
> install any drivers until after the install. *I changed the memory
> voltage from 'auto' to 1.9V, which I thought may have fixed it, but it
> may just been luck because I keep getting a BSOD every few minutes
> even when not doing much.
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> It looks like a hardware fault (not really the right group). *I ran
> the memory test from the Vista DVD and there were no errors. *Does
> that mean the memory should be OK or does it not stress the memory
> enough? *My first BSOD was at the login screen before logging in, and
> it didn't crash during the performance tests either. *The first two
> BSODs were something about modifying internal data structures IIRC,
> and the last was memory management. *The only other posibility I can
> think of is the processor having a hot spot if the thermal pad got
> messed up (although I doubt it)?
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> I've found that occasionally, a memory test utility will pass RAM
> that still turns out to be marginal.
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> Rather than changing the voltage, for now, just try clocking down the RAM to
> see what happens.
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> I agree that the thermal pad probably is OK...
> but you should check the cpu temp- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text - Looking in the BIOS, the temperatures are VERY low. All below 30C,
although the CPU was at 14C earlier, which is below room temperature.
I might try that with the RAM, I paid a bit extra for this RAM because
I thought it was a good brand and didn't want any problems lol.